R Cré Section
Stratigraphy Layers
EonPhanerozoic
EraCenozoic
PeriodNeogene
EpochPliocene
Touril Volcano-Sedimentary Complex
Location Occurrences
Occurrences
| VS | Scientific Name | Archipelago | Island | Location | Min/Max Age |
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Stratigraphy Data
| Designation | Cré Section |
| Status | Accepted |
| Parent Strata | Touril Volcano-Sedimentary Complex |
| Unit Type | Lithostratigraphy |
| Scope | Local |
| Lithology | Sandstone |
| Description | The section runs along an old dirt road that leads from the ‘Casa da Cré’ to an old quarry, covered with undergrowth, located at the bottom of the valley. The base of the section is formed by volcanic conglomerate, belonging to the underlying Anjos Complex. A sequence of strongly bioturbated lithic sandstones superimposes the erosional relief on the conglomerate. The occurrence of successive erosional hiatuses, pebble seams and shell bedding documents reworking and transport, probably related to storms. The section ends with a bioclastic lithic sandstone with rhodoliths, covered by a massive layer of volcanoclastic conglomerate of the Facho-Pico Alto Complex. |
| Top - Base Age (Ma) | 3.6 - 5.333 |
| Chronostratigraphy - min/max age | Zanclean |
| Stratigraphy verification status | Trusted |
| Added by | Madeira, P. |
| Added date | 2024-02-12 17:00:00 |
References
Age Reference
Cohen, K. M., Finney, S. C., Gibbard, P.L., & Fan, J. -X. (2023). The ICS International Chronostratigraphic Chart. International Commission on Stratigraphy. https://stratigraphy.org/ICSchart/ChronostratChart2023-09.pdf.
Stratigraphy After
Ávila, S. P., Azevedo, J. M., Madeira, P., Cordeiro, R., Melo, C. S., Baptista, L., Torres, P., Johnson, M. E., & Vullo, R. (2020). Pliocene and Late-Pleistocene actinopterygian fishes from Santa Maria Island (Azores: NE Atlantic Ocean): systematics, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography. 1526–1542. Geological Magazine. 157. 9. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756820000035.
Cohen, K. M., Finney, S. C., Gibbard, P.L., & Fan, J. -X. (2023). The ICS International Chronostratigraphic Chart. International Commission on Stratigraphy. https://stratigraphy.org/ICSchart/ChronostratChart2023-09.pdf.
Stratigraphy After
Ávila, S. P., Azevedo, J. M., Madeira, P., Cordeiro, R., Melo, C. S., Baptista, L., Torres, P., Johnson, M. E., & Vullo, R. (2020). Pliocene and Late-Pleistocene actinopterygian fishes from Santa Maria Island (Azores: NE Atlantic Ocean): systematics, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography. 1526–1542. Geological Magazine. 157. 9. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756820000035.