Aegean

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,0%,0%,100%)
Rank
chronostratigraphic Substage
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Aegeum
Français
Aegéen / Egéen
English
Aegean
Origin of the Name

Named after the Aegean Sea (Greece).

Historical Variants
Aegean (Assereto 1974)
Nomenclatorial Remarks
Ägäissches Meer = mer Égée

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof

Age

Age at top
  • Early Anisian
Age at base
  • Early Anisian

Geography

Type area
Chios Island (Greece).

References

Definition
Assereto Riccardo (1974) : Aegean and Bithynian: Proposal for two new Anisian substages. Öst. Akad. Wissen., Erdwiss. Kom. 2, 23-39
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