The Calabrian Stage redefined

作     者：Maria Bianca Cita Luca Capraro Neri Ciaranfi Enrico Di Stefano Fabrizio Lirer Patrizia Maiorano Maria Marino Isabella Raffi Domenico Rio Rodolfo Sprovieri Simona Stefanelli Gian Battista Vai 

作者机构：Universita di Milano Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra ＂Ardito Desio＂ via Mangiagalli 34 20133 Milano Italy Universita di Padova Dipaltimento di Geoscienze via Giotto 1 35137 Padova Italy Universita di Bali Dipartimento di Geologia e Geofisica via Orabona 4 70125 Bali Italy Universita di Palermo Dipartimento di Geologia e Geodesia via Archirafi 22 90123 Palermo Italy. Istituto per I＇Ambiente Malino Costiero （IAMC） CNR Calata Porta di Massa 80133 Napoli Italy Universita di Chieti-Pescara Dipartimento di Geotecnologie per l＇Ambiente ed il Territorio via dei Vestini 3 1 66013 Chieti Scalo Italy Universita di Bologna Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geologico-ambientali. Piazza di porta San Donato 1 40126 Bologna Italy. 

出 版 物：《Episodes》 (地质幕（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2008年第31卷第4期

页      面：408-419页

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学科分类：0709[理学-地质学] 081803[工学-地质工程] 07[理学] 08[工学] 0818[工学-地质资源与地质工程] 

基　　金：E. Di Stefano by Fondi Ateneo  University of Palermo 

主　　题：意大利 卡拉布里亚 地质学 地层 

摘      要：The name Calabrian was introduced in the geological literature by the French stratigrapher Maurice Gignoux in 1910, and later described in his important monograph （633 pages） ＂Les formations marines pliocknes et quaternaires de l＇ltalie du sud et de la Sicile ＂published in 1913. Detailed data were provided on several sections （Santa Maria di Catanzaro, Caraffa, Monasterace, Palermo） and on their fossil content. The Calabrian Stage has commonly been used for over fifty years as the oldest subdivision of the Qua- ternary, notably in the time scales of Berggren ＆ van Cou- vering （1974） and Haq ＆ Eysinga （1987）. However, after the GSSP for the Pliocene/Pleistocene boundary （P/P） was approved by INQUA in 1982 and ratified by lUGS in 1984 at the Vrica section of Calabria, there was a decline in the usage of the stage name, and an increasing tendency by many Quaternary workers to question the boundary stratotype. This was because there was increasing evidence that it did not correspond to the beginning of the ＂ice age＂. In doing so, they were not complying with the recommendations presented at the 18th International Geological Congress （IGC） in London, 1948 （Oakley, 1950）.