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Cretaceous to Recent Uplift Measurements from Marine Fossil Assemblages

Publisher
British Geological Survey (BGS)
Updated
13 August 2026
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Summary

Cretaceous to Recent marine assemblages (total of 24,372) used to measure uplift, interpreted paleo-water depths and measured uplift. This inventory contains information about age, location, stratigraphic origin (i.e., formation, unit, member), lithology, paleoenvironment, and tectonic setting at the time of deposition and references to original source material. An extended methodology is presented in, Victoria M. Fernandes, Gareth G. Roberts; Cretaceous to Recent net continental uplift from paleobiological data: Insights into sub-plate support. GSA Bulletin 2020;; 133 (5-6): 1217–1236. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/B35739.1 Examples of this information being used to test mantle convection simulations is presented in, Victoria, M. Fernandes, Gareth G. Roberts, Fred Richards; Testing Mantle Convection Simulations With Paleobiology and Other Stratigraphic Observations: Examples From Western North America. G-Cubed 2024; 25(e2023GC011381). doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GC011381

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
12 August 2026
Harvest GUID
1fa558c1-57aa-705f-e063-0937940aa65e
Extent (Latitude)
90.0000° to -90.0000°
Extent (Longitude)
-180.0000° to 180.0000°
Dataset reference date (creation)
2024-08-13
Frequency of update
notApplicable
Access constraints
The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
Responsible party
Imperial College London (originator); British Geological Survey (distributor, pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng