Tercis-les-Bains, France

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Tercis-les-Bains is a commune in southwestern France notable in geology as the internationally recognized reference site for the base of the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tercis-les-Bains, France canonical 1

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commune of France ⓘ
spa town ⓘ
country France ⓘ
geologicalTimeBoundaryDefined base of the Maastrichtian stage ⓘ
geologicalTimeBoundaryWithin Late Cretaceous ⓘ
governedAs municipality ⓘ
hasClimate oceanic climate ⓘ
hasElevationType lowland commune ⓘ
hasFeature Tercis quarry ⓘ
geological stratigraphic section ⓘ
hasGeologicalSignificance Global reference section for the base of the Maastrichtian stage ⓘ
Stratotype section for the base of the Maastrichtian ⓘ
hasHistoricalRegion Gascony ⓘ
linked to: Gascogne
hasINSEECode 40314 ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage French ⓘ
hasPostalCode 40180 ⓘ
hasTypeOfWaters thermal baths ⓘ
locatedIn Adour river basin ⓘ
Landes department ⓘ
Nouvelle-Aquitaine region ⓘ
linked to: Nouvelle-Aquitaine

southwestern France ⓘ
locatedNear Dax ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Europe ⓘ
partOf Arrondissement of Dax ⓘ
Canton of Dax-2 ⓘ
recognizedBy International Commission on Stratigraphy ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time ⓘ
usesCurrency euro ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maastrichtian → GSSPLocation → Tercis-les-Bains, France ⓘ