The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Pliensbachian Stage (Lower Jurassic), Wine Haven, Yorkshire, UK

Meister, Christian; Aberhan, Martin; Blau, Joachim; Dommergues, Jean‐Louis; Feist-Burkhardt, Susanne; Hailwood, E. A.; Hart, Malcolm B.; Hesselbo, Stephen P.; Hounslow, Mark W.; Hylton, M. D.; Morton, Nicol; Page, Kevin; Price, Gregory D.

doi:10.18814/epiiugs/2006/v29i2/003

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“…) in 2000, with the Pliensbachian in 2005 (Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire, UK; Meister et al . ), the Bathonian in 2008 (Bas‐Auran, Haute‐Provence, France; Fernández‐López et al . ), the Hettangian in 2007 (i.e.…”

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From Oppel to Callomon (and beyond): building a high-resolution ammonite-based biochronology for the Jurassic System

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By 1849, Alcide d'Orbigny had proposed a very modern looking global subdivision of a Jurassique ‘System’, into a sequence of 10 étages. D'Orbigny's stages were based on a basic biostratigraphical framework, but there were still a number of issues with its actual demonstrable applicability internationally. In 1856, Albert Oppel took d'Orbigny's framework and, as stated by W.J.Arkell in 1933, ‘breath[ed] new life into it…placing the whole science of stratigraphical geology on a new footing’. Oppel recognized eight ‘Etagen’, divided into a sequence of ‘zones’ which he considered to be time‐related to correlation units of theoretically universal application – a very clear and unambiguous statement of what now would be considered to be chronostratigraphical practice. Subsequently, evolution of Jurassic stratigraphy had, by the end of the 18th century led to S.S Buckman's high‐resolution ammonite correlation schemes using hemera – essentially the same as modern biohorizons. Although some of this detail was subsequently lost in his syntheses, from around 1933–1956, W.J. Arkell took many pre‐existing ‘zonal’ schemes and began to develop global ‘standard’ ammonite correlation schemes – again explicitly chronostratigraphical. Nevertheless, the potential for very high‐resolution ammonite‐based correlation schemes – with a resolution of only around 100,000 or less – was soon rediscovered and promoted by J.H. Callomon and by a very active ‘French School’. Despite all this activity, however, we still have not quite realized the ordered stratigraphical dreams of Oppel and his successors. Of the 11 stages now formally recognized within the Jurassic, four still do not have a ratified GSSP, and within the entire system, there still appear to be no formal agreements on what really are the ‘standard’ zones for each stage. Crucially, however, confusion is still widespread as to the ‘meaning’ of these zones – Jurassic ‘Standard Zones’ are chronozones not biozones – they have been explicitly so since Oppel's day, and as the stratigraphical building blocks of all ‘modern’ Jurassic stages, they must still be.

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From Oppel to Callomon (and beyond): building a high-resolution ammonite-based biochronology for the Jurassic System

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“…Sinemurian to earliest Toarcian strata were sampled in the foreshore and cliff exposures from Robin Hood's Bay to Hawsker Bottoms, and at Staithes, all situated in Yorkshire, NE England, a few kilometres southeast of Whitby (Figure 1). The stratigraphic and geographic framework used for collecting is as detailed by Hesselbo and Jenkyns [1995], Howarth [2002], and Meister et al [2006]. The succession at Wine Haven, Robin Hood's Bay, has been designated GSSP for the base of the Pliensbachian [ Meister et al , 2006] (Figure 2).…”

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“…The stratigraphic and geographic framework used for collecting is as detailed by Hesselbo and Jenkyns [1995], Howarth [2002], and Meister et al [2006]. The succession at Wine Haven, Robin Hood's Bay, has been designated GSSP for the base of the Pliensbachian [ Meister et al , 2006] (Figure 2). The Jurassic sediments of this region were deposited in the Cleveland Basin, which was at that time characterized by shallow seas in small extensional rifts and broad areas of subsidence that, in all likelihood, connected directly to the North Sea Basin [ Hemingway , 1974; Powell , 2010].…”

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Shallow marine carbon and oxygen isotope and elemental records indicate icehouse‐greenhouse cycles during the Early Jurassic

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For much of the Mesozoic record there has been an inconclusive debate on the possible global significance of isotopic proxies for environmental change and of sequence stratigraphic depositional sequences. We present a carbon and oxygen isotope and elemental record for part of the Early Jurassic based on marine benthic and nektobenthic molluscs and brachiopods from the shallow marine succession of the Cleveland Basin, UK. The invertebrate isotope record is supplemented with carbon isotope data from fossil wood, which samples atmospheric carbon. New data elucidate two major global carbon isotope events, a negative excursion of ∼2‰ at the Sinemurian–Pliensbachian boundary, and a positive excursion of ∼2‰ in the Late Pliensbachian. The Sinemurian–Pliensbachian boundary event is similar to the slightly younger Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event and is characterized by deposition of relatively deepwater organic‐rich shale. The Late Pliensbachian strata by contrast are characterized by shallow marine deposition. Oxygen isotope data imply cooling locally for both events. However, because deeper water conditions characterize the Sinemurian–Pliensbachian boundary in the Cleveland Basin the temperature drop is likely of local significance; in contrast a cool Late Pliensbachian shallow seafloor agrees with previous inference of partial icehouse conditions. Both the large‐scale, long‐term and small‐scale, short‐duration isotopic cycles occurred in concert with relative sea level changes documented previously from sequence stratigraphy. Isotope events and the sea level cycles are concluded to reflect processes of global significance, supporting the idea of an Early Jurassic in which cyclic swings from icehouse to greenhouse and super greenhouse conditions occurred at timescales from 1 to 10 Ma.

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“…The terms Carixian and Domerian are used here in the chronostratigraphic sense of Meister et al. (2003) and Ogg (2004).…”

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“…The terms Carixian and Domerian are used here in the chronostratigraphic sense of Meister et al (2003) and Ogg (2004). For the Lower Pliensbachian (Carixian), the ammonite zones and subzones adopted by Hardenbol et al (1998) for north-western Europe (Boreal/Subboreal) are used, whereas for the Upper Pliensbachian (Domerian) the ammonite biozonation for southwestern Europe (Tethyan/Submediterranean) adopted by the same authors is used.…”

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Strontium‐isotope stratigraphy as a constraint on the age of condensed levels: examples from the Jurassic of the Subbetic Zone (southern Spain)

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Condensed levels are often characterized by reworked fossils that may lead to incorrect age assessments. Strontium‐isotope stratigraphy is an important chronostratigraphic tool that can be used to verify the biostratigraphic information from condensed beds. This paper describes a study of the 87Sr/86Sr isotope ratios of 56 belemnite samples collected from 28 stratigraphic sections of the boundary between the Upper Member of the Gavilán Formation and the Zegrí Formation (Pliensbachian, Subbetic Zone). The petrographic and geochemical data (δ18O, δ13C, concentrations of Fe, Mn and Mg, and the Sr/Mn ratio) suggest that the belemnites have preserved their original marine geochemical composition. After plotting the samples in diagrams of 87Sr/86Sr values against time according to their biostratigraphic age, four different groups (A, B, C and D) were obtained with respect to the reference curve. In groups A and B, the age deduced from the Sr‐isotope ratio is in total or partial agreement, respectively, with the biostratigraphic age; therefore the 87Sr/86Sr ratio is a good method for the dating, correlation and assessment of biostratigraphic results. In groups C and D, the SIS age and the biostratigraphic age do not coincide. A graphic procedure is presented as a suitable methodology to constrain the age of the samples showing an SIS age that differs from the relative age deduced (by biostratigraphy or stratigraphic correlation) for the bed they were collected in. These situations are interpreted as being the result of reworking of the belemnites (group C) or ammonites (group D) that are included in condensed levels. These condensed levels formed during the maximum flooding event that led to the drowning of the Gavilán carbonate platform. The methodology supplied in this paper represents a valuable tool in identifying reworking processes, improving correlation and constraining biochronostratigraphic results. The values of 87Sr/86Sr represent a new contribution to the data set of 87Sr/86Sr ratios for the Pliensbachian.

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The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Pliensbachian Stage (Lower Jurassic), Wine Haven, Yorkshire, UK

Cited by 27 publications

References 50 publications

From Oppel to Callomon (and beyond): building a high-resolution ammonite-based biochronology for the Jurassic System

From Oppel to Callomon (and beyond): building a high-resolution ammonite-based biochronology for the Jurassic System

Shallow marine carbon and oxygen isotope and elemental records indicate icehouse‐greenhouse cycles during the Early Jurassic

Strontium‐isotope stratigraphy as a constraint on the age of condensed levels: examples from the Jurassic of the Subbetic Zone (southern Spain)

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