The Permian–Triassic boundary in the Central European Basin: magnetostratigraphic constraints

Some stratigraphic interpretations concerning correlation of the Permian–Triasssic transition beds from the Central European, Boreal and Tethyan Basins are inconsistent with the existing magnetostratigraphic data. In addition, the suggestion that the Permian–Triassic boundary is located in the lower part of the Calvörde Formation of the Central European Basin cannot be supported by magnetostratigraphic data. Results of magnetostratigraphic correlation show that in the Polish part of the Central European Basin the Permian–Triassic boundary is close to the boundary between the uppermost Zechstein and the Lower Buntsandstein. It is located within the reversed magnetozone ‘PZr1’ identified in the upper part of the Rewal Formation. In the German part of the Central European Basin the Permian–Triassic boundary can be located within the reversed magnetozone ‘zrz’ that covers most of the Bröckelschiefer. A higher stratigraphic location of this boundatry, i.e. inside the lowermost Buntsandstein, requires a reversed polarity record to be found within the basal Triassic normal polarity zone.