论文部分内容阅读
The steps and methods for the establishment of the global boundary stratotype section and point (GSSP) are summed up briefly as follows. (i) Select rock sequences of approximately the same age duration in a region, make a thorough study of their properties or attributes in order to establish the high-resolution stratigraphic units reflecting the natural rhythms in Earth’s history, and proceed by multidisciplinary comprehensive studies to reveal the relationship, including time-space relation and possible mutual causality, among the various stratigraphic units and the different natural rhythms established. (ii) Seek for the “natural break” that represents the “major natural changes in the historical development of the Earth” in shallow marine facies areas, which is frequently the third-order sequence boundaries, (iii) Trace from shallow marine facies areas toward the continental slope and bathyal areas to seek for a continuous depositional sequence that corresponds in time span to the “natural break” of
The steps and methods for the establishment of the global boundary stratotype section and point (GSSP) are summed up briefly as follows. (I) Select rock sequences of approximately the same age duration in a region, make a thorough study of their properties or attributes in order to establish the high-resolution stratigraphic units reflecting the natural rhythms in Earth’s history, and proceed by multidisciplinary comprehensive studies to reveal the relationship, including time-space relation and possible mutual causality, among the various stratigraphic units and the different natural rhythms established (ii) Seek for the “natural break ” that represents the “major natural changes in the historical development of the Earth ” in shallow marine facies areas, which is frequently the third-order sequence boundaries, (iii) Trace from shallow marine facies areas toward the continental slope and bathyal areas to seek for a continuous depositional sequence that corresponds in time span to t he “natural break ” of