Claudia Agnini

Mode and tempo of the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum in an expanded section from the Venetian pre-Alps

Mode and tempo of an expanded Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum section in the Venetian Pre-Alps

An early Eocene carbon cycle perturbation at 52.5 Ma in the Southern Alps: Chronology and biotic response

An early Eocene carbon cycle perturbation at ~52.5 Ma from the southern Alps: Chronology and biotic response

Biozonation and biochronology of Paleogene calcareous nannofossils from low and middle latitudes

Calcareous nannofossils have provided a powerful biostratigraphic tool since the 1950s and 1960s, when several milestone papers began to highlight their potential use in dating Cenozoic sediments ...

Integrated biomagnetostratigraphy of the Alano section (NE Italy): A proposal for defining the middle-late Eocene boundary

The Alano section has been presented at the International Subcommission on Paleogene Stratigraphy (ISPS) as a potential candidate for defi ning the global boundary stratotype section and point (GSSP) of the late Eocene Priabonian Stage. The section is located in the Venetian Southern Alps of the Veneto region (NE Italy), which is the type area of the Priabonian, being exposed along the banks of the Calcino torrent, near the village of Alano di Piave. It consists of ~120–130 m of bathyal gray marls interrupted in the lower part by an 8-m-thick package of laminated dark to black marlstones. Intercalated in the section, there are eight prominent marker beds, six of which are crystal tuff layers, whereas the other two are bioclastic rudites. These distinctive layers are useful for regional correlation and for an easy recognition of the various intervals of the section. The section is easily accessible, crops out continuously, is unaffected by any structural deformation, is rich in calcareous plankton, and contains an expanded record of the critical interval for defi ning the GSSP of the Priabonian. In order to further check the stratigraphic completeness of the section and constrain in time the critical interval for defi ning the Priabonian Stage, we performed a high-resolution study of integrated calcareous plankton biostratigraphy and a detailed magnetostratigraphic analysis. Here, we present the results of these studies to open a discussion on the criteria for driving the “golden spike” that should define the middle Eocene–late Eocene boundary.

Organic carbon burial following the middle Eocene climatic optimum in the central western Tethys

We present trace metal geochemistry and stable isotope records for the middle Eocene Alano di Piave section, NE Italy, deposited during magnetochron C18n in the marginal Tethys Ocean. We identify a

Early to middle Eocene magneto-biochronology of the southwest Pacific Ocean and climate influence on sedimentation: Insights from the Mead Stream section, New Zealand

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Stratigraphic and chronologic framework of the upper Miocene Cessaniti Succession (Vibo Valentia, Calabria, Italy)

500 kyr long carbon isotope perturbation event we infer to be the middle Eocene Climatic Optimum (MECO) confirming the northern hemisphere expression and global occurrence of MECO. Interpreted peak climatic conditions are followed by the rapid deposition of two organic rich intervals (

Extracting a Detailed Magnetostratigraphy From Weakly Magnetized, Oligocene to Early Miocene Sediment Drifts Recovered at IODP Site U1406 (Newfoundland Margin, Northwest Atlantic Ocean)

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Magneto-biostratigraphic constraints of the Eocene micrite–calciturbidite transition in New Caledonia: tectonic implications

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The Alano Section: The Candidate GSSP for the Priabonian Stage

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