GSSP

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English

The golden spike marking the Ediacaran GSSP

Noun

GSSP (plural GSSPs)

  1. (geology) Initialism of Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point.
    • 2018 May 2, Mark Carnall, “What is geologic time, and how does it work?”, in The Guardian:
      The GSSP for the end of the Cretaceous and the beginning of the Palaeogene is at Oued Djerfane, west of El Kef, Tunisia and is marked with a “golden spike” (Molina et al 2006).

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