The Golden Spike Still Glitters:The(Re)construction of a Global Chronostratigraphy

作     者：David A.T.HARPER 

作者机构：Palaeoecosystems GroupDepartment of Earth SciencesDurham UniversityDurham DH13LEUK 

出 版 物：《Acta Geologica Sinica(English Edition)》 (地质学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2019年第93卷第S01期

页      面：24-27页

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学科分类：070903[理学-古生物学与地层学(含：古人类学)] 0709[理学-地质学] 07[理学] 

基　　金：the Leverhulme Trust for financial support.This is a contribution to IGCP 653 project’The onset of the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event’ 

主　　题：stratigraphy biostratigraphy GSSPs milankovitch cycles timescale 

摘      要：1 Introduction Stratigraphy,placing the sequence of events in Earth history into order,is a fundamental part of the *** the starting point is a regional stratigraphy,based on lithological,mappable units,correlated by fossils with local,regional and global chronostratigraphical *** units were traditionally defined on their fossil content,as essentially unit ***,commonly there were no clear boundaries.