Magnetostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of an Anisian-Ladinian (Middle Triassic) boundary section from Hydra (Greece).

On the island of Hydra, the Anisian/Ladinian boundary is exposed in a 24 m thick section of nodular reddish Han-Bulog Limestone. This paper is focused on the magnetostratigraphy and conodont biostratigraphy of this section. The Anisian/Ladinian boundary is defined by the First Appearance Datum (FAD) of the conodont species Gondolella trammeri Kozur (base of the Nevadites ammonoid zone), and occurs in a normal polarity zone. Microfacies analysis has distinguished a lower and upper lithofacies recording gradual shallowing from pelagic conditions to a platform margin paleoenvironment.