U–Pb dating on calcite paleosol nodules: first absolute age constraints on the Miocene continental succession of the Paris Basin

Monchal, Vincent; Rateau, Rémi; Drost, Kerstin; Gagnaison, Cyril; Mennecart, Bastien; Toullec, Renaud; Torremans, Koen; Chew, David

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-7-139-2025

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-7-139-2025

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-7-139-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 7, issue 2

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04 Apr 2025

Research article |

| 04 Apr 2025

U–Pb dating on calcite paleosol nodules: first absolute age constraints on the Miocene continental succession of the Paris Basin

Vincent Monchal, Rémi Rateau, Kerstin Drost, Cyril Gagnaison, Bastien Mennecart, Renaud Toullec, Koen Torremans, and David Chew

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-7-139-2025-supplement

Data sets

Supplementary Tables : U-Pb direct dating on calcite paleosol nodules: first absolute age constraints on the Miocene continental succession of the Paris Basin V. Monchal et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14500416

Short summary

Sedimentary rocks are typically dated indirectly, by comparing the fossil content of basins with the geological timescale. In this study, we employed an absolute dating approach to date 19\,Myr old sediments in the Paris Basin, using uranium–lead dating of calcite nodules associated with soil formation. The precision of our new ages enable more accurate comparisons (independent of their fossil contents) between the Paris Basin and other basins of similar age.