Eocene (56.0 Ma)

Torna a Paleocene (66.0 Ma)

Rappresentazione e statuto

Colore CMYK
0/30/50/0
Colore RGB
R: 253 G: 180 B: 108
Rango
Epoca cronostratigrafica
Uso
Unità in uso.
Status
termine formale valido

Nomenclatura

Deutsch
Eozän
Français
Eocène
Italiano
Eocene
English
Eocene (56.0 Ma)
Origine del nome

eos = aurore, début , kaïno = récent

Varianti storiche

Eocene (Lyell 1833), Eocène (Denizot et al. 1957), Eocän, Eocaen

Descrizione

Descrizione

Flyschs, Nummulitic Limestones, ... + Siderolithics

Età

Geomorfologia
  • Priaboniano
Età alla base
  • Ypresiano

Referenze

Definizione
Lyell Charles (1833) : Principles of Geology. 1st edition
  • Priabonian (37.71 Ma)

    Name Origin

    Named after the village of Priabona (Italia), Vicenza.

    Rango
    Piano cronostratigrafico
    Statuto
    termine formale valido
    Nomenclatorial Remarks
    <p>Parastratotypes à Ghenderle, Brendola, Mossano et Possagno (Cita 1969) ; calcaires marneux à Echinides de Priabona (Boussac 1909a)</p>
    In breve

    Last stage of the Eocene. Definition originally based on the «assises de la Granella», «groupe des couches à Orbitoides de Priabona» and «marnes de Brendola».

    Age
    tardo Eocene
  • Bartonian (~41 Ma)

    Name Origin

    Named after the village of Barton-on-Sea (Hampshire, UK).

    Rango
    Piano cronostratigrafico
    Statuto
    termine formale valido
    In breve

    Second stage of the Middle Eocene. Its definition was originally based both on the Barton Beds (Hampshire) and the Sables d'Auvers-Beauchamp (Paris Basin).

    Age
    Eocene medio
    • Marinesian

      Name Origin

      Named after the village of Marines (Val-d'Oise, France)

      Rango
      Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
      Statuto
      termine locale (informale)
      In breve

      Second substage of the Bartonian in the Paris Basin. Original definition based on the «Sables de Marines». It corresponds to the Late Bartonian of the International Time Scale.

      Age
      Bartoniano
    • Auversian

      Name Origin

      Named after the town of Auvers-sur-Oise (Val d'Oise, France) ; le stratotype des sablières du Bois-le-Roi est en cours d'aménagement.

      Rango
      Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
      Statuto
      termine locale (informale)
      Termine valido
      Bartonian
      In breve

      First substage of the Bartonian in the Paris Basin. It corresponds to the Early Bartonian of the International Time Scale.

      Age
      primo Bartoniano
  • Lutetian (47.8 Ma)

    Name Origin

    Named after the town of Paris = Lutetia (France).

    Rango
    Piano cronostratigrafico
    Statuto
    termine formale valido
    In breve

    Second stage of the Eocene.

    Age
    Eocene medio
  • Ypresian (56.0 Ma)

    Name Origin

    Named after the village of Ypres = Ieper(Belgium).

    Rango
    Piano cronostratigrafico
    Statuto
    termine formale valido
    In breve

    First stage of the Eocene.

    Age
    primo Eocene
    • Cuisian

      Name Origin

      Named after the village of Cuise-la-Motte (Oise, France).

      Rango
      Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
      Statuto
      termine locale (informale)
      In breve
      Last, informal substage of the Ypresian.
      Age
      spätes Yprésien
    • Sparnacian

      Name Origin

      Named after the town of Épernay = Sparnacum (Marne, France).

      Rango
      Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
      Statuto
      termine locale (informale)
      In breve
      Early Ypresian of the Paris Basin.
      Age
      primo Eocene
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