Session outline
Solid Earth Sciences(S)
Session Sub Category
Geology(GL)
Session ID
S-GL38
Title
Lower-Middle Pleistocene Boundary GSSP in the Kazusa Group
Short title
L-M Pleistocene Boundary GSSP
Convener
Name
Makoto Okada
Affiliation
Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Ibaraki University
Email
okada@mx.ibaraki.ac.jp
Co-convener 1.
Name
Yusuke Suganuma
Affiliation
National institute of Polar Research
Email
suganuma.yusuke@nipr.ac.jp
Co-convener 2.
Name
Osamu Kazaoka
Affiliation
Research Institute of Environmental Geology, Chiba
Email
o.kzok@pref.chiba.lg.jp
International Symposium
No request
Language
Japanese
Scope
The Lower-Middle Pleistocene Boundary GSSP, which is placed to be around the Matuyama-Brunhes boundary, is going to be ratified in 2016. Three candidates (Montalbano Jonic, Valde di Manche and the Chiba Section) have been proposed so far. The aim of this session is to facilitate GSSP ratification at the Chiba Section through discussion for stratigraphic, chronologic and sedimentological studies regarding with the Mid Kazusa Group.
Type of presentation
Oral and Poster presentation
Invited papers