Decision on the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary stratotype (original) (raw)

Martin Brasier1, John Cowie2, Michael Taylor1,3

1Subcommission on Cambrian Stratigraphy
2World Heritage
3US Geological Survey

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Abstract

The Global Stratotype Section and Point for the Proterozoic-Cambrian boundary has been agreed upon. The boundary is defined in a coastal section near the town of Fortune in southeastern Newfoundland, Canada.