4th International Congress on Stratigraphy

8:00 - 9:00 (1h)

Registration

9:00 - 9:45 (45min)

Keynote : Laskar

Room A - Plenary Session

› The AstroGeo project. The interplay between space missions, celestial mechanics and the analysis of stratigraphic series - Jacques Laskar, IMCCE/Observatoire de Paris 09:00-09:45 (45min)

9:45 - 10:15 (30min)

GP1: Advances in cyclostratigraphy – Reconstructing geologic time, palaeoclimate, and the Solar and Earth-Moon systems

Room A

› Astronomically forced lake level fluctuations during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (Sichuan Basin, China) - Micha Ruhl, Department of Geology, and SFI Research Centre in Applied Geoscience (ICRAG), Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Ireland 09:45-10:00 (15min)

› Integrated stratigraphy and cyclostratigraphy reveal astronomical pacing of flint beds in type-Maastrichtian chalk (Upper Cretaceous, Europe) - Jarno Huygh, Université de Liège, Sedimentary Petrology, 4000 Liège, Belgium, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Analytical and Geo-Chemistry, 1050 Brussels, Belgium 10:00-10:15 (15min)

10:15 - 10:30 (15min)

GP5: Integrated stratigraphy: methods and concepts

Room A - Plenary Session

› Building a pragmatic Phanerozoic eustatic sea-level curve from the rock record - Mike Simmons, Halliburton 10:15-10:30 (15min)

10:30 - 11:00 (30min)

Coffee

11:00 - 12:30 (1h30)

SC7: Cretaceous palaeoceanography, palaeogeography, biota, climate change and critical events

Room A

› Disappearance of the Saccocoma-dominated microfacies: the cause and timing in light of the paleoenvironment evolution in the Transdanubian Range (Hungary) - Damian Lodowski, Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Polish Geological Institute - National Research Institute 11:00-11:15 (15min)

› Lithostratigraphy of the Jebel Boulahouajebs section (Lansarin Chain): proposal of a new formation for North Tunisia - Sarra MELLITI, Faculté des Sciences Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, 1060 Tunis, Tunisia 11:30-11:45 (15min)

› Oceanic Anoxic Event 1b (Aptian – Albian transition): A protracted multi-phased event at the dawn of the middle Cretaceous warmth - Stéphane Bodin, Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University 11:45-12:00 (15min)

› Assessing the biostratigraphic and palaeo(bio)geographic potential of Mesozoic Trigoniida (Bivalvia) - Simon Schneider, CASP 12:00-12:15 (15min)

› Was the Brazilian Romualdo Formation (Aptian-lower Albian) ever marine? Integrated paleoecologic and isotopic data suggest otherwise - Lucas Silveira Antonietto, Universidade Regional do Cariri 12:15-12:30 (15min)

11:00 - 12:30 (1h30)

SC12: Devonian palaeoenvironments and time

Room B

› The first discovery of Lochkovian (Lower Devonian) conodonts in central Guangxi, South China and its geological implications - Jianfeng Lu, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 11:00-11:15 (15min)

› The Lochkovian-Pragian Boundary (Lower Devonian) in the Carnic Alps, Italy and Austria - Carlo Corradini, Dipartimento di Matematica e Geoscienze - Università diTrieste 11:15-11:30 (15min)

› The Pragian/Emsian boundary in the Huesca Province (Lower Devonian, Spanish Pyrenees): Biostratigraphic and magnetic data - Jose Ignacio Valenzuela Rios, Dept. of Botany and Geology, University of Valencia. c/ Dr. Moliner 50, 46100 Burjasot 11:30-11:45 (15min)

› Storm deposit characteristics and orbital cyclicity of the Xiejiawan Formation of early Devonian in the Longmenshan area, Sichuan Province, China - Zhengan Chen, Institute of Sedimentary Geology, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, Sichuan, China 11:45-12:00 (15min)

› Practical Sequence Stratigraphy of the Lower Devonian series Aoulef-Akabli axe ( The occidental Ahnet basin, Saharian Platform, Algeria) - Moussa BEN ABDELKRIM, Paleoenvironnement & Stratigraphic Paleontology Laboratory 12:00-12:15 (15min)

› Middle Devonian brachiopods and biostratigraphy in eastern Yunnan, China - Congying Liu, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] 12:15-12:30 (15min)

11:00 - 12:30 (1h30)

SC10: Correlation of glacial events and extinctions: the Permian and beyond

Room C

› Palynostratigraphy of the Permian Wolfang Basin, Australia: Implications for timing and glaciation - Alexander Wheeler, Leibniz University Hannover 11:00-11:15 (15min)

› Biostratigraphical data of continental basins of Southern Alps (North Italy) during the Kungurian (Cisuralian, Permian) - Lorenzo Marchetti, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Berlin, Germany. 11:15-11:30 (15min)

› Recognizing the termination of the Late Paleozoic Ice Age Early Permian phase - Charles M. Henderson, Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, NW Calgary Alberta T2N 1N4 11:30-11:45 (15min)

› Stratigraphic meaning of the tetrapod fauna and ichnofauna from the Lower Permian Bromacker locality (Germany) - Lorenzo Marchetti, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Berlin, Germany. 11:45-12:00 (15min)

› Lopingian (Upper Permian) palynomorphs from the Cadeby Formation, Cadeby Quarry, Yorkshire, UK - Michael Stephenson, Stephenson Geoscience Consulting Ltd 12:00-12:15 (15min)

› Time indications in the Permian Rotliegend of Central Europe and the ‘Pangaea Gap' - Manfred Menning, Helmholtz Zentrum Potsdam, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum, Johannes Glodny, Helmholtz Zentrum Potsdam, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ 12:15-12:30 (15min)

11:00 - 12:30 (1h30)

SC16: Tonian to Cryogenian stratigraphy, palaeobiology and Earth system change

Room D

› Towards a chronostratigraphic timescale for all Earth history - Graham Shields, University College London 11:00-11:15 (15min)

› An ecological rise of marine eukaryotes in the Tonian enabled by nutrient availability - Shuhai Xiao, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg 11:15-11:30 (15min)

› The Garbh Eileach Formation, SW Scotland: A strengthened case for the Tonian–Cryogenian GSSP - Elias J. Rugen, Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK 11:30-11:45 (15min)

› Positive carbon isotopes of synglacial carbonate from the Cryogenian Talisay Formation (northwestern China) suggesting synglacial active marine productivity - Jiajun Wang, Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, MOE, School of Earth and Space Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. 11:45-12:00 (15min)

› Marine euxinia during the melting of the Sturtian glaciation - Xianguo Lang, Chengdu University of Technology 12:00-12:15 (15min)

› Towards a global chronostratigraphic framework for the Cryogenian non-glacial interval - Graham Shields, University College London 12:15-12:30 (15min)

12:30 - 13:30 (1h)

Lunch and poster session

13:30 - 15:00 (1h30)

SC7: Cretaceous palaeoceanography, palaeogeography, biota, climate change and critical events

Room A

› Paleoceanographic changes across the middle Cenomanian carbon-isotope excursion (MCE 1) from the UK chalk - Maria Rose Petrizzo, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Milan 13:30-13:45 (15min)

› Stratigraphic anatomy, facies patterns and palaeogeography of the Cenomanian transgression: new data from the Elbtal Group, Germany - Markus Wilmsen, Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden 13:45-14:00 (15min)

› Planktic Foraminifera stratigraphy along the Oceanic Anoxic Event OAE2 of the Tunisian Southern Tethys - Michael Wagreich, University of Vienna [Vienna] 14:00-14:15 (15min)

› The Ocean Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2) in the Vigo Seamount (DSDP Leg 47B, Site 398D) offshore the NW Iberian Peninsula: a palynostratigraphical and geochemical approach - Ivan Rodriguez-Barreiro, Centro de Investigación Mariña, Universidade de Vigo (CIM-UVIGO), Vigo, Spain, Departamento de Xeociencias Mariñas e Ordenación do Territorio, Universidade de Vigo, Vigo, Spain 14:15-14:30 (15min)

› A CAUSAL LINK BETWEEN RE-ORGANIZATION OF OCEAN CIRCULATION PATTERNS DURING OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT 2 AND EXTINCTION OF ROTALIPORIDS - Francesca Falzoni, Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria (IGAG), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Milano, Italy 14:30-14:45 (15min)

› Timing and Tempo of Deccan volcanism relative to the KPg extinction revealed by Mercury and Tellurium anomalies - Thierry Adatte, Institut des Sciences de la Terre, University of Lausanne, Suisse 14:45-15:00 (15min)

13:30 - 15:15 (1h45)

SC12: Devonian palaeoenvironments and time

Room B

› Biostratigraphical correlation and palaeogeographic relations of the Middle-Upper Devonian carbonate successions in the Spanish Central Pyrenees - Jau-Chyn Liao, University Complutense of Madrid 13:30-14:00 (30min)

› Brachiopod-associated faunas in the Middle and Upper Devonian of the Baoshan Block: implications for biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironment - Li Qiao, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 13:45-14:00 (15min)

› The biostratigraphic and chemostratigraphic frameworks of Changtang section in South China: A continuous and complete section of the Frasnian-Famennian boundary - Shihao Fu, Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, MOE & School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, PR China 14:00-14:15 (15min)

› Frasnian – lower Famennian stratigraphy and biota in the northern Gondwana margin preserved in Armenia - Vahram SEROBYAN, Institute of Geological Sciences, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia 14:15-14:30 (15min)

› La Mena Formation in the Compte Section (Famennian, Upper Devonian, Spanish Pyrenees) - Héctor Barrera-Lahoz, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Zaragoza; c/ Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain 14:30-14:45 (15min)

› Spore malformation, a terrestrial mass extinction and the definition of the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary - John Marshall, University of Southampton 14:45-15:00 (15min)

› Ostracod faunas from the Devonian-Carboniferous transitional intervals in Xainza and Nylam regions, Tibet - Yucong Sun, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China 15:00-15:15 (15min)

13:30 - 14:30 (1h)

SC10: Correlation of glacial events and extinctions: the Permian and beyond

Room C

› Testing the seasonal geochemical record of brachiopod shells: a case study from the Wuchiapingian of Iran - Marco Viaretti, Università degli Studi di Milano = University of Milan 13:30-13:45 (15min)

› Upper Paleozoic stratigraphic framework of the Baoshan-Shan Block straddling China and Myanmar and its structural indications - Xiaochi Jin, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences 13:45-14:00 (15min)

› Evolution pattern and paleogeographic distribution of Lower Permian carbonate buildups: A case study in eastern Inner Mongolia, North China - Zhen Yan, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences 14:00-14:15 (15min)

› Mid-oceanic sea-level drop at the two Permian extinctions: evidence from accreted paleo-atoll carbonate complexes - Isozaki Yukio, University of Tokyo 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan 14:15-14:30 (15min)

13:30 - 14:45 (1h15)

SC16: Tonian to Cryogenian stratigraphy, palaeobiology and Earth system change

Room D

› A newly discovered Neoproterozoic diamictite-cap carbonate couplet from the Western Himalaya - Maoyan Zhu, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 13:30-13:45 (15min)

› The spatial distribution of surface ocean primary productivity in the wake of Marinoan global glaciation - Xing Chaochao, Chengdu University of Technology 13:45-14:00 (15min)

› Widespread euxinia during the late Ediacaran ocean oxygenation event (Shuram) in South China - Ying Zhou, Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK 14:00-14:15 (15min)

› The Ediacaran Ice-Age: The key node in the history of Earth system - Ruimin Wang, Peking University 14:15-14:30 (15min)

14:30 - 14:45 (15min)

SC17: The Early Precambrian: A Chronology of Invisible Time

Room D

› The Eoarchean- Paleoarchean boundary: The current discussion - Jaana Maija Halla, Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki 14:30-14:45 (15min)

15:15 - 16:00 (45min)

Coffee

16:00 - 16:30 (30min)

GP7: Miscellaneous Session

Room A - Plenary Session

› A new book on stratigraphical methods - Deciphering Earth's History: the Practice of Stratigraphy - Angela L. Coe, The Open University [Milton Keynes] 16:00-16:15 (15min)

› The International Chronostratigraphic Chart: Golden spikes or sticks in the mud? - David Harper, Durham University 16:15-16:30 (15min)

16:30 - 17:15 (45min)

Keynote : Holland

Room A - Plenary Session

› The interplay of stratigraphic architecture and ecological gradients: the oft-overlooked control on the stratigraphic occurrence of fossils - Steven Holland, The University of Georgia - (USA) 16:30-17:15 (45min)

17:15 - 18:00 (45min)

Closing Ceremony