MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHIC INVESTIGATION OF THE UPPER SIVALIKS NEAR PINJOR, INDIA
A magnetostratigraphic study on four sections near Pinjor showed that the Tatrot stage falls in the Gauss magnetic epoch and the Pinjor corresponds to most of the Matuyama epoch. A significant faunal change, already observed by other authors in Pakistan, marks the Tatrot-Pinjor boundary and approxi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Milano University Press
2023-05-01
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Series: | Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia |
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Online Access: | https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/20179 |
Summary: | A magnetostratigraphic study on four sections near Pinjor showed that the Tatrot stage falls in the Gauss magnetic epoch and the Pinjor corresponds to most of the Matuyama epoch. A significant faunal change, already observed by other authors in Pakistan, marks the Tatrot-Pinjor boundary and approximately coincides with the Gauss-Matuyama transition. Sedimentation becomes entirely conglomeratic in a positive episode tentatively interpreted as Jaramillo. The time interval represented by this event witnessed a deep climatic change in Europa and an extensive faunal turnover in all Eurasia, and seems also to correspond to the onset of a strong tectonic activity in the Himalayan belt.
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ISSN: | 0035-6883 2039-4942 |