THE development of reliable methods of world-wide stratigraphic correlation involves the gradual replacement of empirical and traditional ‘index fossils’ by zonal index species selected on the basis ...

Co-sponsored by Science Council of Japan and the Geological Society of Japan. Also issued online. Late Cenozoic planktonic foraminiferal datum levels : the present state of knowledge toward ...

The Cretaceous basins of Brazil have long been recognised as treasure troves of ostracod microfossils, whose diversity and preservation offer an unrivalled window into past environments and basin ...

Biostratigraphy is a stratigraphic discipline that uses the vertical and lateral distribution of fossil organisms within sedimentary successions to establish relative ages, correlate stratigraphic ...

Geologic assessment of active tectonism depends on two key measures: the age and the amount of deformation of a given stratigraphic unit. The amount of deformation can normally be measured with ...