| title: | Boundaries, stratotypes, and integrated stratigraphy of the Wenlock Series in the northern East Baltic, and correlation with adjacent regions. |
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| reg no: | ETF5088 |
| project type: | Estonian Science Foundation research grant |
| subject: |
1.10. Geology |
| status: | completed |
| institution: | Institute of Geology at Tallinn Technical University |
| head of project: | Heldur Nestor |
| duration: | 01.01.2002 - 31.12.2004 |
| description: | Based on the correlation of zonal successions of stratigraphically important groups of fossils (conodonts, chitinozoans, graptolites and others), the position of the boundaries of the Wenlock Series will be established in key sections of Estonia and northern Latvia. Criteria will be searched for cross-facies tracing of these boundaries. This will contribute to determination of the series boundaries in other regions and to the composition of the global integrated biozonal standard for the Wenlock time interval. Stratigraphical classification and nomenclature of the Wenlock strata will be revised on the ground of complex bio- and lithological investigations of type sections of regional stages and formations. Criteria for correlation and lateral delimitation of lithostratigraphical units will be established. The investigation will contribute to stabilization of the Wenlock regional stratigraphy which forms a temporal-spatial framework for linkage of results of different geological investigations, and for creation of databases. |
| project group | ||||
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| no | name | institution | position | |
| 1. | Rein Einasto | Inst. Geol. TTU | Researcher | |
| 2. | Peep Männik | Inst. Geol. TTU | Sen. researcher | |
| 3. | Heldur Nestor | Institute of Geology, Tallinn Technical University | Senior researcher | |
| 4. | Viiu-Kai Nestor | Inst. Geol. TTU | Researcher | |
| 5. | Viive Viira | Inst. Geol. TTU | Researcher | |