geological reference section

C19387
concept

A geological reference section is a formally designated, well-exposed sequence of rock layers used as a standard for describing, correlating, and comparing the stratigraphy of a particular geological unit or region.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
stratigraphic section 8
geological boundary stratotype 2
geological reference section canonical 2

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: geological reference section
Generated description
A geological reference section is a formally designated, well-exposed sequence of rock layers used as a standard for describing, correlating, and comparing the stratigraphy of a particular geological unit or region.

Instances (14)

Instance Via concept surface
Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point at Klonk, Czech Republic
Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point for base of Hettangian geological boundary stratotype
Meishan section China for base of Triassic
surface form: Meishan section
stratigraphic section
Lemme-Carrosio section, Italy (Miocene GSSP)
surface form: Lemme-Carrosio section
stratigraphic section
Meishan section, South China stratigraphic section
Pridoli section near Prague, Czech Republic stratigraphic section
Eifelian GSSP at Wetteldorf, Germany geological type section
Klonk Section stratigraphic section
Klonk, near Suchomasty, Czech Republic
surface form: Klonk
stratigraphic section
Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the base of the Anisian geological boundary stratotype
Deşli Caira section, Romania
surface form: Deşli Caira section
stratigraphic section
GSSP at Enorama Creek, Flinders Ranges, South Australia geological stratotype section
Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point for base at Peniche, Portugal
Monte dei Corvi section, Italy (Tortonian base)
surface form: Monte dei Corvi section
stratigraphic section