Articles | Volume 11, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-1181-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-1181-2015
Research article
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23 Sep 2015
Research article |  | 23 Sep 2015

Astronomical calibration of the geological timescale: closing the middle Eocene gap

T. Westerhold, U. Röhl, T. Frederichs, S. M. Bohaty, and J. C. Zachos

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Testing hypotheses for mechanisms and dynamics of past climate change relies on the accuracy of geological dating. Development of a highly accurate geological timescale for the Cenozoic Era has previously been hampered by discrepancies between radioisotopic and astronomical dating methods, as well as a stratigraphic gap in the middle Eocene. We close this gap and provide a fundamental advance in establishing a reliable and highly accurate geological timescale for the last 66 million years.