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单词 kimmeridgian
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Kimmeridgianadj.n.

Etymology: < French kimméridgien (A. d'Orbigny Paléont. francaise. Terrains Jurassiques (1842–9) I. 610), replacing earlier kimméridien (J. Thurmann Essai sur les Soulèvemens jur. du Porrentruy (1832) i. 11).
Geology.
Also Kimeridgian. The specific epithet of that subdivision of the Upper Oolite which is prominent at Kimmeridge. Hence, of or pertaining to this subdivision (which is a stage of the Upper Jurassic next below the Portlandian). Also absol.
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Purbeck stone1410
Oxfordian1845
Portlandian1845
Callovian1851
Kimmeridgian1851
Bathonian1858
Sinemurian1863
Tithonian1869
Toarcian1885
Kellovian1888
Aalenian1896
Pliensbachian1952
1851 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 7 ii. 75 The characteristic condition of most of the Jurassic formations (Sequanian, Kimmeridgian, and Portlandian).
1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 449 The British subdivisions are for the most part recognized in France..in the Oolite—1, Bajocian..6, Kimmeridgian.
1931 J. W. Gregory & B. H. Barrett Gen. Stratigr. x. 155 In places the Kimeridgian becomes sandy towards the top before passing into the Portlandian.
1967 D. H. Rayner Stratigr. Brit. Isles ix. 303 The onset of marine muds at the beginning of Kimeridgian times brought in a period of exceptionally uniform sedimentation in the Jurassic shelf seas of Great Britain.
1969 Proc. Geol. Soc. Aug. 153 It is recommended that the beginning/base of the Age-Standard Stage Kimmeridgian be taken at the base of the Baylei Chronozone at the bottom of bed 26 of Arkell (1947) in Ringstead Bay, Dorset, England.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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