The Geologic Time Scale and the Italian stratigraphic record

The construction of the Geologic Time Scale (GTS) is a titanic scientific challenge that has been under way for two centuries and will require much dedicated effort in the future. Italy preserves a paramount stratigraphic record of Mesozoic and Cenozoic marine sediments that have been significant in the development of the modern GTS. The Italian stratigraphic record has been histori-cally important in introducing and defining the standard Chronostratigraphic Units (CUs) of the Neogene and Quaternary. Pelagic successions from Northern Apen-nines and Southern Alps have been used in the seventies for integrating the late Cretaceous-Paleogene Geomag-netic Polarity Time Scale (GPTS) with planktonic microfossil biostratieraohv and standard CUs. This was a major contribution to the construction of a new gener-ation of GTS based on integrated magnetobiochronol-ogy. The middle Miocene to early Pleistocene marinerecord from Sicily and southern Italy has been funda-mental for establishing the recently developed Astro-nomical Time Scale (ATS). In prospect, there are many potentials still to be exploited in the Italian marine stratigraphic record for implementing the GTS by defin-ing GSSPs of various CUs, improving magneto-biochronology and extending downwards the ATS.     

等离子体质谱法测定岩石中的铌,钽,锆,铪,钍,铀

应用ＩＣＰ－ＭＳ法测定了岩石中的痕量Ｎｂ、Ｔａ、Ｚｒ、Ｈｆ、Ｔｈ、Ｕ，给出了检出限，并对酸溶和碱熔两种制样方法进行了对比实验。     

中国东北区中生代生物群特征简述

概要的总结了东北区中生代地层中古生物群，以及它们在岩石地层单位中的分布，借以说明岩石地层的时代，为地层多重划分对比提供了依据。