Wangjiawan

Wangjiawan section
Map of China showing the GSSP location.

Coordinates: 30°58′20″N 111°25′10″E / 30.97222°N 111.41944°E Wangjiawan (Chinese: 王家湾村; pinyin: Wangjiawan cun) is a village in the municipality of Fenxiang Town (Chinese: 分乡镇; pinyin: Fenxiang zhen) and part of the Yiling District (Chinese: 夷陵区), which itself is a part of the Yichang (Chinese: 宜昌市) of Hubei province.

Geology

The geologic outcrop, the "Wangjiawan section" (Chinese: 王家湾剖面; pinyin: Wangjiawan poumian) it the official GSSP for the Hirnantian stage of the Upper Ordovician; it is located at 30°58′56″N 111°25′10″E / 30.98222°N 111.41944°E.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ "GSSP Table - Paleozoic Era". Geologic TimeScale Foundation. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  2. ↑ Chen, Xu; Jiayu Rong, Junxuan Fan, Renbin Zhan, Charles E. Mitchell, David A. T. Harper, Michael J. Melchin, Ping'an Peng, Stan C. Finney, Xiaofeng Wang (2006). "The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Hirnantian Stage (the uppermost of the Ordovician System)". Episodes 29 (3): 183–196. Retrieved 20 September 2012.