Vol. 31 No.4 December 2008

Journal of International Geoscience

Published by the International Union of Geological Sciences

by Nicol Morton

Linking land and sea: Towards global reconstructions of the Jurassic world

Abstract

      The Jurassic is traditionally famous for shallow marine sediments that are often very fossiliferous, notably in Europe, where the standard chronostratigraphic subdivisions were established and defined. However, widespread marginal and non-marine Jurassic sediments are also known, and are of great importance for the well-preserved terrestrial biotas they contain, as well as for their hydrocarbon and coal reserves. IGCP Project 506 is directed towards finding means of correlation between marine and non-marine Jurassic rocks, as a foundation for a better understanding of the evolution of the Earth during the Jurassic Period.

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