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ETAGE TITHONIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 2009-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Geology
DEF

Southern European equivalent of the Portlandian stage (uppermost Jurassic) of geologic time.

CONT

The Berriasian stage succeeds the Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch and precedes the Valanginian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.

OBS

Tithonian: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Géologie
DEF

Étage du Jurassique terminal, équivalent du Portlandien.

CONT

Le Portlandien a été jusqu'en 1990 un étage géologique du Mésozoïque (ère secondaire). Depuis 1990, le Tithonien remplace le Portlandien, avec une partie du Kimméridgien.C'était l'étage le plus récent du Jurassique supérieur.

OBS

(de Tithon, l'Aurore dans la mythologie Grecque).

OBS

Tithonien; Tithonique : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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