The Pleistocene Boundary and the Beginning of the Quaternary

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511585760

The Pleistocene Boundary and the Beginning of the Quaternary presents the results of a forty-year international program to establish a precise definition for the most important boundary in geologic time – the beginning of the modern age of glacial climates. This book, the final report of International Geological Correlation Project 41, describes the selection of a fixed reference point in the sequence of deep-water marine strata exposed at Vrica, Italy. This point, dated to 1.81 million years before the present, coincides with the onset of the first of four major glacial phases. The opening chapters of the book document the geology and palaeontology of the agreed physical reference point, and the successful proposal of this point as the boundary-stratotype of the Pleistocene Epoch. The book then describes the correlation of the boundary throughout the ocean basins and continents of the world in terms of detailed stratigraphic criteria such as planktonic biostratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy and radiometric age determinations.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
pp v-vi
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List of contributors
pp vii-x
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Preface: the new Pleistocene
pp xi-xviii
- By John A. Van Couvering
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Foreword
pp xix-xxii
- By Ksenia V. Nikiforova
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Part I - Definition of the base of the Quaternary
pp 1-2
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1 - International Geological Correlation Program, Project 41: “Neogene/Quaternary Boundary”
pp 3-12
- By Ksenia V. Nikiforova, Mikhail N. Alekseev
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Part II - Characterization of the Pleistocene boundary-stratotype
pp 13-14
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2 - The Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary-stratotype at Vrica, Italy
pp 15-45
- By Giancarlo Pasini, Maria Luisa Colalongo
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3 - The magnetostratigraphy of the Vrica section, Italy, and its correlation with the Plio–Pleistocene of the Boso Peninsula, Japan
pp 46-56
- By Hisao Nakagawa, Nobuaki Niitsuma, Toshiaki Takayama, Yasumochi Matoba, Motoyoshi Oda, Shigemoto Tokunaga, Hiroshi Kitazato, Toyosaburo Sakai, Itaru Koizumi
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4 - Comparison of the laminated units at Vrica and deep-sea sapropels from the eastern Mediterranean
pp 57-62
- By Isabella Raffi, Robert Thunell
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5 - Calcareous nannofossil biochronology and the Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary
pp 63-78
- By Domenico Rio, Isabella Raffi, Jan Backman
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6 - Diatom microfossils from the Vrica section
pp 79-84
- By Andrew J. M. Palmer
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Part III - The paleontological context of the Pleistocene boundary
pp 85-86
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7 - The Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary in deep-sea sediments
pp 87-103
- By William A. Berggren, Lloyd H. Burckle, Jr.
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8 - Late Cenozoic changes of flora in extra-tropical Eurasia in the light of paleomagnetic stratigraphy
pp 104-113
- By Vladimir P. Grichuk
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9 - Plio–Pleistocene mammal faunas: an overview
pp 114-128
- By Emiliano Aguirre, Eleanora A. Vangengeim, Jorge Morales, Marina V. Sotnikova, Vladimir S. Zazhigin
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10 - Human evolution in the Plio–Pleistocene interval
pp 129-138
- By Emiliano Aguirre
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Part IV - The Pleistocene boundary in regional sequences
pp 139-140
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11 - The Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary in Italy
pp 141-155
- By Augusto Azzaroli, Maria Luisa Colalongo, Hisao Nakagawa, Giancarlo Pasini, Domenico Rio, Giuliano Ruggieri, Samuele Sartoni, Rodolfo Sprovieri
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12 - Stratigraphy of the Plio–Pleistocene sequence of the Mediterranean coastal belt of Israel and its implications for the evolution of the Nile Cone
pp 156-168
- By Gedaliahu Gvirtzman, Guido M. Martinotti, Shimon Moshkovitz
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13 - The Pliocene–Pleistocene transition in the Iberian Peninsula
pp 169-177
- By Emiliano Aguirre
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14 - Biostratigraphy and calibrated climatic chronology of the Upper Pliocene and Lower Pleistocene of France
pp 178-182
- By Jean Chaline
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15 - The Plio–Pleistocene of England and Iceland
pp 183-184
- By Richard W. Hey
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16 - The Neogene–Ouaternary boundary in The Netherlands
pp 185-190
- By Waldo H. Zagwijn
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17 - The Tertiary–Quaternary boundary in western Germany
pp 191-200
- By Günther Von Der Brelie, Karl Brunnacker, Winfried Hinsch, Heinz Tobien
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18 - The Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary in eastern Germany
pp 201-205
- By Hans-Dietrich Kahlke, Lothar Eissmann, Friedrich Wiegank
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19 - The Plio–Pleistocene of Hungary
pp 206-215
- By Andrew A. Rónai
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20 - The Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary in Romania
pp 216-220
- By Constantin Ghenea
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21 - The Pliocene and Pleistocene of the European part of the Commonwealth of Independent States
pp 221-226
- By Ksenia V. Nikiforova
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