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Lithostratigraphic Unit (Site/Habitat/Origin)

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Definition:

  • This field contains the name of the lithostratigraphic level of the specimen.

Observations:

  1. The smallest lithostratrigraphic unit corresponds to a bed, followed by a member, formation and group.
  2. Some lithostratigraphic units may be the equivalent of a group or formation, even if their names do not include the relevant term.
    Example

    Record for a shale specimen, a rock collected in the Appalachian Orogen geological province, and from the Sandstone unit of Colline Bunker in Quebec

      Discipline petrology
      Rock Name shale
      Originating Continent North America
      Originating Geological Province Appalachian Orogen
      Originating Country Canada
      Originating Province Quebec
    Lithostratigraphic Unit Sandstone from Colline Bunker
  3. This field may also contain details on the geological unit.
  4. For better search results in your database, avoid a large variety of terms; draw up an authority list and add keywords as necessary.1

Entry rules:

  1. Enter the full name of the lithostratigraphic unit; do not use abbreviations.
    Example

    A Rostricellula plena fossil from the de Chazy Group in Quebec

      Disciplinepaleontology
      GenusRostricellula
      Species plena
      Originating Continent North America
      Originating Country Canada
      Originating Province Quebec
    Lithostratigraphic Unit de Chazy Group
  2. This field may contain multiple entries separated by a semicolon followed by a space. Entries should be in decreasing hierarchical order.
    Example

    A basalt specimen from the Beauparlant Formation, Povungnituk Group, Churchill Province.2

      Discipline petrology
      Rock Namebasalt
      Originating Continent North America
      Originating Geological Province Churchill
      Originating Country Canada
      Originating Province Quebec
    Lithostratigraphic Unit Povungnituk Group; Beauparlant Formation
  3. If you are unsure whether your information is correct, include a space and a question mark after the lithostratigraphic unit.

 
  1. You can consult GLOBENSKY, Yvon et al. Lexique stratigraphique canadien. Volume V-B: région des Appalaches, des Basses-Terres du Saint-Laurent et des îles de la Madeleine. Quebec City : Gouvernement du Québec/Ministère de l'énergie et des ressources and Direction générale de l'exploration géologique et minérale, 1993, 327 p.
  2. Specimen described by Daniel Lamothe, a geologist with the ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources of Québec and co-author of Géologie du Québec. Quebec City: Les Publications du Québec, 1994, 154 p.
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