GSSP at Enorama Creek, Flinders Ranges, South Australia

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The GSSP at Enorama Creek in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia is the internationally designated reference section that marks the base of the Ediacaran Period in the geological time scale.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point ⓘ
geological stratotype section ⓘ
geological time scale boundary marker ⓘ
ageUnit million years ago ⓘ
approximateAgeInMa 635 ⓘ
associatedWith Marinoan glaciation ⓘ
post-glacial cap carbonate sequence ⓘ
boundaryBetween Ediacaran Period and Cryogenian Period ⓘ
chronostratigraphicRank period-system boundary ⓘ
continent Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
definesBaseOf terminal Neoproterozoic Ediacaran Period ⓘ
linked to: Ediacaran Period
designatedBy International Union of Geological Sciences ⓘ
exposes late Neoproterozoic sedimentary succession ⓘ
geologicalAge Neoproterozoic ⓘ
geologicalSetting Neoproterozoic sedimentary succession ⓘ
globalStandardName Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the base of the Ediacaran System ⓘ
governingBody International Commission on Stratigraphy Subcommission on Neoproterozoic Stratigraphy ⓘ
hostRockType glaciomarine deposits ⓘ
marine sedimentary rocks ⓘ
locatedIn Australia ⓘ
Enorama Creek ⓘ
Flinders Ranges ⓘ
South Australia ⓘ
marksBaseOf Ediacaran ⓘ
linked to: Ediacaran Period

Ediacaran Period ⓘ
Ediacaran System ⓘ
linked to: Ediacaran Period
near Brachina Gorge ⓘ
Wilpena Pound region ⓘ
overlies Cryogenian System ⓘ
linked to: Cryogenian Period
partOf International Chronostratigraphic Chart ⓘ
ratifiedBy International Commission on Stratigraphy ⓘ
International Union of Geological Sciences ⓘ
recognizedBy International Commission on Stratigraphy ⓘ
referenceFor base of Ediacaran in geological time scale ⓘ
region Adelaide Rift Complex ⓘ
relatedGeologicUnit Ediacara Group ⓘ
linked to: Ediacara Member

Wilpena Group ⓘ
linked to: Narrabeen Group
scientificDiscipline Neoproterozoic geology ⓘ
chronostratigraphy ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ
stratigraphicContext transition from Marinoan glacial deposits to overlying cap carbonates ⓘ
stratigraphicSignificance first formally ratified period-level GSSP in the Precambrian ⓘ
timeEquivalentTo base of Ediacaran Period ⓘ
underlies Cambrian System ⓘ
linked to: Cambrian Period
usedFor definition of Ediacaran fossil-bearing intervals ⓘ
global correlation of late Neoproterozoic strata ⓘ

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Ediacaran Period → boundaryDefinedBy → GSSP at Enorama Creek, Flinders Ranges, South Australia ⓘ