Earth:Huanghuachang

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Huanghuachang section is located in China
Huanghuachang section
Huanghuachang section
Map of China showing the GSSP location.

Huanghuachang (Chinese: 黄花场村; pinyin: Huanghuachang cun) is a village in Huanghua, Yiling, Yichang, Hubei, China .

An outcrop of sedimentary rock from the Ordovician has made Huanghuachang famous in the earth science community. The "Huanghuachang section" ( [ ⚑ ] 30°51′38″N 111°22′26″E / 30.8605°N 111.3740°E / 30.8605; 111.3740) is an outcrop of the Dawan Formation in which the official base of the Dapingian stage is defined. (Daping is a settlement near to Huanghuachang).[1]

References

  1. "GSSP for Dapingian Stage". https://engineering.purdue.edu/Stratigraphy/gssp/detail.php?periodid=138&top_parentid=0. Retrieved 12 November 2012.  Note: there is an apparent typo in the article referenced; they give the coordinates as "a latitude of 30°51’37.8"N and a longitude of 110°22’26.5"E", but their map and location description better corresponds to 30°51’37.8"N 111°22’26.5"E.