Cretaceous (~ 145 Ma)
Retour à Jurassic (201.3 +/-0.2 Ma)Représentation et statut
- Couleur CMYK
- 50 / 0 / 75 / 0
- Couleur RGB
- R: 127 G: 198 B: 78
- Rang
- Période chronostratigraphique
- Usage
- Ce terme est en usage.
- Status
- terme formel valide
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Kreide
- Français
- Crétacé
- Italiano
- Cretacico
- English
- Cretaceous (~ 145 Ma)
- Origine du nom
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Named derived from the characteristic chalk deposits (Latin: creta = craie, Kreide) of the Paris-London Basin.
- Variantes historiques
- terrain crétacique (d'Omalius d'Halloy 1822), Système crétacique (Mayer-Eymar 1888), Terrain crétacé (Sornay et al. 1957), Crétacé, Cretaceo (?), Kreidezeit
Hiérarchie et succession
- Unités hiérarchiquement subordonnées
- Unités sus-jacentes
Âge
- Âge au sommet
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- Maastrichtien
- Âge à la base
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- Berriasien
Géographie
- Région-type
- Bassin de Paris (France)
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Late Cretaceous (100.5 Ma)
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Maastrichtian (72.1 +/-0.2 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Maastricht (Netherlands).
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- En bref
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Last stage of the Cretaceous (and hence of the Mesozoic as well).
- Age
- Maastrichtien
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Campanian (83.6 +/-0.2 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Champagne de Saintonge (Charentes, France), near Cognac.
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Age
- Campanien
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Santonian (86.3 +/-0.5 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the former province of Saintonge (Charentes, France).
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Age
- Santonien
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Coniacian (89.8 +/-0.3 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Cognac (Charente-Maritime, France), where the historical stratotype lies.
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- En bref
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Initially defined as the basal stage of the «Craie supérieure» (chalk ; cf. Cretaceous).
- Age
- Coniacien
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Turonian (93.9 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after Turonia, the Latine name for Tours (France), Indre-et-Loire.
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Age
- Turonien
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Bonarelli level (OAE-2)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Italian geologist Guido Bonarelli (1871-1951).
- Rang
- OAE
- Statut
- valide
- En bref
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Oceanic anoxic event at the Cenomanian/Turonian boundary (around 93 Ma ago) with a major impact on the chemistry of the oceans worldwide. This event correlates with a marine extinction event.
- Age
- Cénomanien tardif
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Cenomanian (100.5 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named atfer Cenomanum, the Latine name for Le Mans (France), Sarthe.
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- En bref
-
First stage of the Late Cretaceous.
- Age
- Cénomanien
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Early Cretaceous (~ 145 Ma)
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Albian (~ 113.0 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Aube region (France).
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>Latin: Alba</p>
- En bref
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Last stage of the Early Cretaceous.
- Age
- Albien
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Vraconnien
- Name Origin
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La Vraconnaz = La Vraconne (VD), Saint-Croix
- Rang
- chronostratigraphie
- Statut
- terme obsolète (abandonné)
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>Vraconnin (Mayer-Eymar 1885) = Albien moyen à tardif >< Rhotomagin = Vraconnien !</p>
- En bref
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Local chronostratigraphic subdivision corresponding to the late Albian (and earliest Cenomanian).
- Age
- Albien terminal
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Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE 1d)
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Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE 1c)
- Rang
- chemostratigraphie
- Statut
- valide
- En bref
- Oceanic anoxic event of the Late Albian.
- Age
- Albien moyen
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Paquier Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE 1b)
- Rang
- OAE
- Statut
- valide
- En bref
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Oceanic anoxic event of the Early Albian.
- Age
- Spätestes Aptien
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Aptian (~ 121.4 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Apt (Vaucluse, France).
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- En bref
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Stage of the Early Cretaceous.
- Age
- Aptien
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Clansayésien
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of Clansayes (Drôme, France).
- Rang
- chronostratigraphie
- Statut
- terme local (informel)
- En bref
- Local chronostratigraphic substage corresponding to the Late Aptian.
- Age
- Aptien tardif
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Gargasian
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of Gargas (Vaucluse, France).
- Rang
- Sous-Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme local (informel)
- En bref
- Local chronostratigraphic subdivision corresponding to the latest Early Aptian and to the Middle Aptian.
- Age
- Aptien précoce
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Bedoulian
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of La Bédoule (Bouches-du-Rhône, France), near Cassis.
- Rang
- chronostratigraphie
- Statut
- terme local (informel)
- Durée de validité
- Aptian
- En bref
- Local chronostratigraphic subdivision designating the Early Aptian. The Bedoulian, based on pelagic deposits (Marno-calcaires de la Bedoule), is approximately equivalent to the Rhodanian, which is based on littoral deposits.
- Age
- Aptien précoce
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Selli level (OAE 1a)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Italian geologist Raimondo Selli (1916-1983).
- Rang
- OAE
- Statut
- valide
- En bref
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Oceanic anoxic event at the base of the Aptian (around 120 Ma ago) with a major impact on the chemistry of the oceans worldwide.
- Age
- Aptien précoce
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Barremian (~ 129.4 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of Barrême (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France).
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- En bref
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... based on the Marno-calcaires de Barrême.
- Age
- Barrémien
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Hauterivian (~ 132.6 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of Hauterive (NE), NE Neuchâtel.
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Age
- Hauterivien
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Valanginian (~ 139.8 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of Valangin (NE), at the upper end of the Gorges du Seyon (see also inventory of Swiss geotopes n°245).
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>Valendis = ancien nom allemand de Valangin</p>
- En bref
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Second stage of the Early Cretaceous.
- Age
- Valanginien
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Berriasian (~ 145 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of Berrias (Ardèche, France).
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>The Berriasella jacobi Zone was previously placed at the end of the Tithonian.</p>
- En bref
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First stage of the Cretaceous.
- Age
- Berriasien
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