Annual Report 2010 of the Rupelian/Chattian Boundary Stratotype Working Group

The formal proposal of the GSSP for the Rupelian/Chattian boundary at the Monte Cagnero section (Umbria-Marche basin, NE Apennines, Italy) is in progress under the leadership of R. Coccioni and A. Montanari, two of the co-authors of the published paper in which the proposal was put forward. The following paper was published:

Coccioni R., Marsili A., Montanari A., and Others, (2008). Integrated stratigraphy of the Oligocene pelagic sequence in the Umbria-Marche basin (northeastern Apennines, Italy): A potential Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the Rupelian/Chattian boundary. GSA Bulletin, v. 120; no. 3/4, p. 487–511, 17 figures, 4 tables. doi: 10.1130/B25988.1.

Report by Isabella Premoli Silva, Chairwoman.