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Coniacian: Stratigraphic definitions & Overview

The Coniacian is an age or stage in the geologic timescale. It is a subdivision of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series and spans the time between 89.8 ± 0.3 Ma and 85.7 ± 0.2 Ma (million years ago). The Coniacian is preceded by the Turonian and followed by the Santonian.

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Coniacian topic overview

The analysis highlights Stratigraphic definitions and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around Coniacian.

Related topics
38
Source areas
2
Connected nodes
42
Extracted relationships
60
Concept neighborhoods
16
Bridge connections
42

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Stratigraphic definitions · 28 topics
Overview · 10 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Celestial body
Earth
Chronological unit
Age
Lower boundary definition
FAD of the Inoceramid Bivalve Cremnoceramus deformis erectus
Lower GSSP ratified
May 2021
Name formality
Formal
Regional usage
Global (ICS)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

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Overview

Stratigraphic definitions

Literature

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Coniacian connects Entity context

The extracted context around Coniacian shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Coniacian → After, An, Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean, Beginning, Co1, Cretaceous, During, Late Coniacian, Ma, Middle, Middle Coniacian, Middle Santonian, OAE-3, The, This, Turonian, Upper Coniacian Substage Another extracted example is Coniacian → Cognac, Coniacian Stage, Cremnoceramus, French, Germany, GSSP, Henri Coquand, It, Lower Saxony, Saintonge, Salzgitter-Salder, The, The Coniacian. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Coniacian

Top relations

related to Sequence stratigraphy and geochemistry · 18
Coniacian → After, An, Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean, Beginning, Co1, Cretaceous, During, Late Coniacian, Ma, Middle, Middle Coniacian, Middle Santonian, OAE-3, The, This, Turonian, Upper Coniacian Substage
related to Stratigraphic definitions · 13
Coniacian → Cognac, Coniacian Stage, Cremnoceramus, French, Germany, GSSP, Henri Coquand, It, Lower Saxony, Saintonge, Salzgitter-Salder, The, The Coniacian
related to Subdivision · 9
Coniacian → Gauthiericeras, It, Lower, Middle, Paratexanites, Peroniceras, Tethys, The Coniacian, Upper Substages
related to External links · 5
Coniacian → ConiacianLate Cretaceous, GeoWhen Database, ICSStratigraphic, Late Cretaceous, Norges Network
Celestial body · 1
Coniacian → Earth
Chronological unit · 1
Coniacian → Age
Lower boundary definition · 1
Coniacian → FAD of the Inoceramid Bivalve Cremnoceramus deformis erectus
Lower boundary GSSP · 1
Coniacian → Salzgitter-Salder quarry, Germany .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parse…
Lower GSSP ratified · 1
Coniacian → May 2021
Name formality · 1
Coniacian → Formal

Important terminology

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Important terminology

cretaceous santonian stage ics ma late upper subdivision turonian middle scale years ago time 85 inoceramid bivalve germany stratigraphic age

Coniacian relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 60 structured relationships around Coniacian. Examples in this analysis include Coniacian → Celestial body → Earth and Coniacian → Chronological unit → Age. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ConiacianCelestial bodyEarth1.00infobox
ConiacianChronological unitAge1.00infobox
ConiacianLower boundary definitionFAD of the Inoceramid Bivalve Cremnoceramus deformis erectus1.00infobox
ConiacianLower boundary GSSPSalzgitter-Salder quarry, Germany .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parse…1.00infobox
ConiacianLower GSSP ratifiedMay 20211.00infobox
ConiacianName formalityFormal1.00infobox
ConiacianRegional usageGlobal (ICS)1.00infobox
ConiacianStratigraphic unitStage1.00infobox
ConiacianTime scale(s) usedICS Time Scale1.00infobox
ConiacianTime span formalityFormal1.00infobox
ConiacianUpper boundary definitionFAD of the Inoceramid Bivalve Cladoceramus undulatoplicatus1.00infobox
ConiacianUpper boundary GSSPOlazagutia, Spain 42°52′00″N 2°11′48″W / 42.8668°N 2.1968°W / 42.8668; -2.19681.00infobox
ConiacianUpper GSSP ratifiedJanuary 20131.00infobox
Coniacianis aage or stage in the geologic timescale0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Coniacian bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Stage, Scale and Middle. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Coniacian
    • Stage
    • Scale
    • Middle
    • Santonian
    • Bivalve
    • Citation
    • Global
    • Inoceramid
    • Needed
    • Turonian
    • Ics
    • Late
  • coniacian
    • Stage
    • Scale
    • Middle
    • Santonian
    • Bivalve
    • Citation
    • Global
    • Inoceramid
    • Needed
    • Turonian
    • Ics
    • Late
  • upper cretaceous
    • Subdivision
    • Ics
    • Late
    • Ma
    • Lower
    • Years
    • Ago
    • Middle
    • Stratigraphic
    • Stratigraphy
    • Turonian
    • Santonian
  • late cretaceous
    • Subdivision
    • Cretaceous
    • Ics
    • Late
    • Ma
    • Ago
    • Years
    • Scale
    • Stratigraphic
    • Stratigraphy
    • Turonian
    • Santonian
  • cretaceous magnetic quiet zone
    • Subdivision
    • Ics
    • Late
    • Ma
    • Ago
    • Stratigraphic
    • Stratigraphy
    • Turonian
    • Years
    • Santonian
    • Timescale
    • Citation
  • age
    • Stage
    • Geologic
    • Timescale
    • Ago
    • Bivalve
    • Germany
    • Global
    • Inoceramid
    • Lower
    • Mw-parser-output
    • Stratigraphic
    • Time
  • stage
    • Bivalve
    • Inoceramid
    • Base
    • Germany
    • Santonian
    • Timescale
    • Ago
    • Global
    • Lower
    • Mw-parser-output
    • Stratigraphic
    • Time
  • bivalve
    • Inoceramid
    • Stage
    • Base
    • Coniacian
    • Germany
    • Global
    • Lower
    • Mw-parser-output
    • Stratigraphic
    • Time
    • Years
    • First

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Coniacian, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Coniacian with Stratigraphic definitions. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
ConiacianStratigraphic definitions · splits 14 ⟂ 29
ConiacianOverview · splits 32 ⟂ 11

Map overview Semantic statistics

Coniacian

Nodes43
Edges42
Triples60
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.046512
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Coniacian to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Stratigraphic definitions & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Coniacian · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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