Gaetani Oceanic Anoxic Event
Back to Bajocian (170.3 +/-1.4 Ma)Representation and status
- Color CMYK
- N/A
- Color RGB
- R: 50 G: 50 B: 50
- Rank
- Oceanic Anoxic Event
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- informal term
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Gaetani-OAE
- Français
- niveau Gaetani
- Italiano
- livello Gaetani
- English
- Gaetani Oceanic Anoxic Event
- Origin of the Name
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Named in recognition of Maurizio Gaetani's work on Jurassic sedimentary successions of the Lombardy Basin.
- Historical Variants
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Gaetani Level (Erba et al. 2019)
Description
- Thickness
- 10 cm (Erba et al. 2019)
Age
- Age at top
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- early Bajocian
- Age at base
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- early Bajocian
Geography
- Type area
- Alpe Turati (Italia), Lombary Basin
Palaenography and tectonic
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- Dogger
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary