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Record 1 2011-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Petrography
  • Geology
DEF

An Upper Carboniferous stage, between Namurian and Stephanian.

OBS

European stage: Upper Carboniferous (Middle Pennsylvanian; above Namurian, below Stephanian).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Pétrographie
  • Géologie
DEF

Étage du Carbonifère moyen.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cronología
  • Petrografía
  • Geología
DEF

Piso del carbonífero, al cual corresponde, en la serie marítima, el moscoviense; sigue al dinantiense y precede al estefaniense, lo cual permite atribuirle unos 300 millones de años.

OBS

Viene su nombre de Westfalia, región de Alemania.

OBS

Pese a que la fuente citada escribe los nombres de los períodos geológicos con minúscula, el Diccionario de dudas de la Real Academia Española señala que tales sustantivos deben escribirse con mayúscula.

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