TY - JOUR
T1 - Refined bio-(benthic foraminifera, dinoflagellate cysts) and hemostratigraphy (δ13Corg) of the earliest Eocene at Albas-Le Clot (Corbières, France)
T2 - Implications for mammalian biochronology in Southern Europe
AU - Yans, Johan
AU - Marandat, Bernard
AU - Masure, Edwige
AU - Serra-Kiel, Josep
AU - Schnyder, Johann
AU - Storme, Jean Yves
AU - Marivaux, Laurent
AU - Adnet, Sylvain
AU - Vianey-Liaud, Monique
AU - Tabuce, Rodolphe
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Utilizing bio- and chemostratigraphy, we propose an integrated dating of the upper part of the continental "Sparnacien des Corbières" and the overlying marine "lower-middle Ilerdian" succession of Albas- Le Clot (Corbières, France), in order to refine the position and age of the Le Clot mammalian locality. Our data show that this locality, which has yielded a mammal fauna early Ypresian in age (close to MP7, Mammal Paleogene level), is located above the end of the carbon isotope excursion (CIE) the base of which defines the Paleo cene-Eocene boundary. The Le Clot mammalian locality is therefore younger than the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), and also younger than the Dormaal MP7 reference fauna in Belgium, which is correlated with the onset of the CIE (nannoplankton Zone NP9b). Moreover, we demonstrate that the Le Clot mammalian locality is older than the Eocene Thermal Maximum 2 (ETM2) event, located in the lower part of NP11 Zone. Associated with the ages of benthic foraminifera and dinocysts observed in the succession, our δ13Corg chemostratigraphy suggests that the Le Clot locality is correlated to the upper NP10-lower NP11 Zones. The refined location of the CIE in the Albas-Le Clot section is discussed because two carbon isotope excursions are potentially recorded in the upper "Sparnacien des Corbières", here recognized as mainly Thanetian in age.
AB - Utilizing bio- and chemostratigraphy, we propose an integrated dating of the upper part of the continental "Sparnacien des Corbières" and the overlying marine "lower-middle Ilerdian" succession of Albas- Le Clot (Corbières, France), in order to refine the position and age of the Le Clot mammalian locality. Our data show that this locality, which has yielded a mammal fauna early Ypresian in age (close to MP7, Mammal Paleogene level), is located above the end of the carbon isotope excursion (CIE) the base of which defines the Paleo cene-Eocene boundary. The Le Clot mammalian locality is therefore younger than the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), and also younger than the Dormaal MP7 reference fauna in Belgium, which is correlated with the onset of the CIE (nannoplankton Zone NP9b). Moreover, we demonstrate that the Le Clot mammalian locality is older than the Eocene Thermal Maximum 2 (ETM2) event, located in the lower part of NP11 Zone. Associated with the ages of benthic foraminifera and dinocysts observed in the succession, our δ13Corg chemostratigraphy suggests that the Le Clot locality is correlated to the upper NP10-lower NP11 Zones. The refined location of the CIE in the Albas-Le Clot section is discussed because two carbon isotope excursions are potentially recorded in the upper "Sparnacien des Corbières", here recognized as mainly Thanetian in age.
KW - "Sparnacian"
KW - Carbon isotopes
KW - Corbières
KW - Le clot
KW - Mammals
KW - PETM
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84907437985&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1127/nos/2014/0050
DO - 10.1127/nos/2014/0050
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84907437985
SN - 0078-0421
VL - 47
SP - 331
EP - 353
JO - Newsletters on Stratigraphy
JF - Newsletters on Stratigraphy
IS - 3
ER -