Sularp Brook (),
Lund Municipality,
Skåne,
Sweden, is the location of the
Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point
A Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) is an internationally agreed upon reference point on a stratigraphic section which defines the lower boundary of a stage on the geologic time scale. The effort to define GSSPs is conducted b ...
(GSSP) which marks the boundary between the Middle and Late epochs of the
Ordovician
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period on the
geologic time scale
The geologic time scale, or geological time scale, (GTS) is a representation of time based on the rock record of Earth. It is a system of chronological dating that uses chronostratigraphy (the process of relating strata to time) and geochr ...
.
The
first appearance
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of the
graptolite
Graptolites are a group of colonial animals, members of the subclass Graptolithina within the class Pterobranchia. These filter-feeding organisms are known chiefly from fossils found from the Middle Cambrian ( Miaolingian, Wuliuan) through t ...
''Nemagraptus gracilis'' defines the boundary. The rock section consists primarily of dark-gray
shale and
mudstone, except for a
phosphorite marker bed 1.4 m above the GSSP, and was probably
deposited at a water depth exceeding 100 m. Drill cores have revealed almost identical stratigraphy across an area several km wide. Due to heating, possibly from an
intrusive dike
Dyke (UK) or dike (US) may refer to:
General uses
* Dyke (slang), a slang word meaning "lesbian"
* Dike (geology), a subvertical sheet-like intrusion of magma or sediment
* Dike (mythology), ''Dikē'', the Greek goddess of moral justice
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, the stratotype is unfit for dating by magnetic analysis, but this lack is compensated by the diversity of
chemostratigraphic and
biostratigraphic
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options.
References
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Geology of Sweden
Stratigraphy of Europe
Ordovician Sweden
Geography of Skåne County
Scania
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