Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2015

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Symbol S (Solid Earth Sciences) » S-GL Geology

[S-GL38] Lower-Middle Pleistocene Boundary GSSP in the Kazusa Group

Mon. May 25, 2015 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM Convention Hall (2F)

Convener:*Makoto Okada(Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Ibaraki University), Yusuke Suganuma(National institute of Polar Research), Osamu Kazaoka(Research Institute of Environmental Geology, Chiba)

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.

6:15 PM - 7:30 PM

[SGL38-P01] Invitation to the Tabuchi section, central Japan: A candidate GSSP for the Lower-Middle Pleistocene Subseries/Subepoch

*Takeshi YOSHIDA1, Itaru OGITSU1, Osamu KAZAOKA1, Makoto OKADA2, Yusuke SUGANUMA3, Koji KAMEO4, Hisashi NIREI5, Nobuyuki AIDA6, Hisao KUMAI7, Naohisa NISHIDA8, Kentaro IZUMI9 (1.Reserch Institute of Environmental Geology, Chiba, 2.Ibaraki University, 3.National Institute of Polar Research, 4.Chiba University, 5.Japan Branch of Geoscience for Environmental Management, 6.Shumei University, 7.Osaka City University, 8.GSJ-AIST, 9.University of Tokyo)