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Palaeo- and rock-magnetic investigations across Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary at St Bertrand’s Spring, Drôme, France: applications to magnetostratigraphy

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Palaeo- and rock-magnetic investigations of the St Bertrand’s Spring (Le Ravin de Font de St Bertrand) locality in France were carried out in order to contribute to, and improve, the stratigraphy of the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary interval. Magnetic susceptibility shows slightly diamagnetic behaviour in the lowermost part of the profile and an increase (paramagnetic) towards its middle and upper parts. Rock-magnetic measurements throughout the section show magnetite as the main magnetic fraction, together with traces of hematite. Additionally, thermal demagnetization indicates the presence of goethite. Our magnetostratigraphy indicates three normal/reversed polarity sequences; possibly encompassing the magnetozones M19r to the M17n. This suggests that the St Bertrand section straddles the Tithonian/Berriasian boundary and reaches the middle Berriasian sensu lato.

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  1. Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Rozvojová 269, 165 00 Prague 6, Prague, Czech Republic

    Tiiu Elbra, Petr Schnabl, Kristýna Čížková, Petr Pruner, Šimon Kdýr & Andrea Svobodová

  2. Polish Geological Institute - National Research Institute, Rakowiecka 4, 00-975, Warsaw, Poland

    Jacek Grabowski

  3. Department of Geology and Palaeontology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, SK84215, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

    Daniela Reháková

  4. Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 6, 128 43 Prague 2, Prague, Czech Republic

    Andrea Svobodová

  5. Groupement d’Intérêt Paléontologique, Science et Exposition, 60 bd. Georges Richard, 83000, Toulon, France

    Camille Frau

  6. School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, UK

    William A.P. Wimbledon

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Elbra, T., Schnabl, P., Čížková, K. et al. Palaeo- and rock-magnetic investigations across Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary at St Bertrand’s Spring, Drôme, France: applications to magnetostratigraphy. Stud Geophys Geod 62, 323–338 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11200-016-8119-5

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