Calabrian (1.80 Ma)

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
0 / 5 / 25 / 0
Color RGB
R: 255 G: 242 B: 186
Rank
chronostratigraphic Stage
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid formal name

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Calabrien
Français
Calabrien
Italiano
Calabriano
English
Calabrian (1.80 Ma)
Origin of the Name

Named after the Calabria region (Italy).

Historical Variants
Calabrien (Gignoux 1910, Denizot et al. 1957), Calabriano (dal Piaz & Trevisan 1956), Calabrium, Kalabrium

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof
Upper boundary
Sicilien
Lower boundary
Astien

Age

Age at top
  • Early Pleistocene
Age at base
  • Early Pleistocene
Note about base
Onset of MIS-63, close to the end of the Olduvai normal magnetic subchron.

Geography

Type area
Calabria (Italy).

References

Definition
Gignoux M. (1910) : Sur la classification du Pliocène et du Quaternaire dans l'Italie du Sud. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris 150

p.841: ...les formations marines dites postpliocènes qui surmontent [l'Astien] en continuité.
Definition
dal Piaz G., Trevisan L. (1956) : Italia. Lexique stratigraphique international, vol. 1 Europe, Fasc. 11
  • Sicilian

    Name Origin

    Named after Sicilia (Italia).

    Rank
    chronostratigraphic Substage
    Status
    valid
    In short
    Regional substage (= late Calabrian, Early Pleistocene) in Italy.
    Age
    Calabrian
  • Emilian

    Name Origin

    Named after the Emilia region (Italia).

    Rank
    chronostratigraphic Substage
    Status
    valid
    In short
    Regional substage (= middle Calabrian, Early Pleistocene) in Italy.
    Age
    Calabrian
  • Santernian

    Rank
    chronostratigraphic Substage
    Status
    valid
    In short
    Regional substage (= early Calabrian, Early Pleistocene) in Italy.
    Age
    Calabrian
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