Dinantian

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System Series
(NW Europe)
Stage
(NW Europe)
Series
(ICS)
Stage
(ICS)
Age
(
Ma
)
Permian younger
Carboniferous Silesian Stephanian Pennsylvanian Gzhelian 298.9–303.7
Kasimovian 303.7–307.0
Westphalian Moscovian 307.0–315.2
Bashkirian 315.2–323.2
Namurian
Mississippian
Serpukhovian 323.2–330.9
Dinantian
Visean
Visean
330.9–346.7
Tournaisian Tournaisian 346.7–358.9
Devonian older
Subdivisions of the Carboniferous system in Europe compared with the official ICS-stages (as of 2018)

Dinantian is the name of a

Lower Carboniferous system in western Europe between 359.2 to 326.4 million years ago.[1] It can stand for a series of rocks in Europe
or the time span in which they were deposited.

The Dinantian is equal to the lower part of the

geologic timescale of the ICS. The Dinantian is named for the Belgian city of Dinant
where strata of this age occur. The name is still used among European geologists.

Earlier terms for the Dinantian were Bernician from the Anglo-Scottish borderland, and Avonian [2] (divided into upper (Kidwellian) and lower (Clevedonian) substages) from Kidwelly on the Welsh and Clevedon on the English sides of the Bristol Channel. [3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Dinantian". A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. Oxford Reference.
  2. ^ Chisholm 1911.
  3. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Avonian". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 67.