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GEDINNIAN STAGE [3 records]

Record 1 2011-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Geology
CONT

Gedinnian stage(named for the settlement of Gedinne in Belgium), the lowest stage of the lowest series of the Devonian system. It was identified by A. Dumont in 1848. In stratotype it rests transgressively on Cambrian beds; its base is composed of conglomerates, and above it are sandstones, aleurolites, and argillites. The lower half of the cross section is gray in color, and the upper part is variegated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Géologie
DEF

Étage inférieur du Dévonien (ère primaire)

Key term(s)
  • étage gédinnien

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cronología
  • Geología
DEF

Primer piso del período devónico, posterior al downtoniense y anterior al coblenciense; data de unos 400 millones de años.

OBS

Debe su nombre a Gedinne, pueblo del norte de Francia.

OBS

Pese a que la fuente citada escribe los nombres de los períodos geológicos con minúscula, el Diccionario de dudas de la Real Academia Española señala que tales sustantivos deben escribirse con mayúscula.

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Record 2 2005-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Chronology
DEF

European stage : upper Lower Devonian(above Gedinnian, below Eifelian).

OBS

It includes Siegenian and Emsian.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Chronologie
DEF

Étage supérieur de l'Eodévonien, compris entre le Gédinnien et l'Eifélien.

OBS

Correspond à l'ensemble Siegenien-Emsien.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geología
  • Cronología
DEF

Piso del devónico inferior, posterior al gediniense y anterior al eifeliense, lo cual permite atribuirle unos 395 millones de años.

OBS

Pese a que la fuente citada escribe los nombres de los períodos geológicos con minúscula, el Diccionario de dudas de la Real Academia Española señala que tales sustantivos deben escribirse con mayúscula.

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Record 3 1999-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Plate Tectonics
  • Geology
DEF

A stage of the European Devonian, between Gedinnian and Emsian.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Tectonique des plaques
  • Géologie
DEF

Étage du Dévonien inférieur.

Spanish

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