Aegean

Representation and status

Color CMYK

(0%,0%,0%,100%)

Rank

chronostratigraphic Substage

Validity

Unit is not in Use

Status

local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Aegeum

Français

Aegéen / Egéen

English

Aegean

Origin of the Name

Named after the Aegean Sea (Greece).

Historical Variants

Aegean (Assereto 1974)

Nomenclatorial Remarks

Ägäissches Meer = mer Égée

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof

• Bithynian
• Aabach-Mergel

Age

Age at top

• Early Anisian

Age at base

• Early Anisian

Geography

Type area

Chios Island (Greece).

References

Definition

Assereto Riccardo (1974) : Aegean and Bithynian: Proposal for two new Anisian substages. Öst. Akad. Wissen., Erdwiss. Kom. 2, 23-39