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Toarcian: Stratigraphic definitions & Overview

The Toarcian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, an age and stage in the Early or Lower Jurassic. It spans the time between 184.2 Ma (million years ago) and 174.7 ±0.8 Ma. It follows the Pliensbachian and is followed by the Aalenian.

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Toarcian topic overview

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

Related topics
31
Source areas
2
Connected nodes
35
Extracted relationships
22
Related term clusters
15
Bridge connections
35

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 · 21 topics
Overview · 10 topics

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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
Peniche, Portugal
Lower GSSP ratified
2014
Name formality
Formal
Regional usage
Global (ICS)

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How Toarcian connects Entity context

The extracted context around Toarcian shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Toarcian → Alcide, France, French, In Europe, Lias, Loire Valley, Orbigny, Saumur, The Toarcian, Thouars Another extracted example is Toarcian → Earth. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Toarcian

Top relations

related to Stratigraphic definitions · 10
Toarcian → Alcide, France, French, In Europe, Lias, Loire Valley, Orbigny, Saumur, The Toarcian, Thouars
Celestial body · 1
Toarcian → Earth
Chronological unit · 1
Toarcian → Age
Lower boundary definition · 1
Toarcian → Peniche, Portugal
Lower GSSP ratified · 1
Toarcian → 2014
Name formality · 1
Toarcian → Formal
Regional usage · 1
Toarcian → Global (ICS)
Stratigraphic unit · 1
Toarcian → Stage
Time scale(s) used · 1
Toarcian → ICS Time Scale
Time span formality · 1
Toarcian → Formal

Important terminology

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Important terminology

age ammonite jurassic years ago global ics pliensbachian stage lower event fad stratigraphic time gssp aalenian mw-parser-output scale ma earth

Toarcian relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 22 structured relationships around Toarcian. Examples in this analysis include Toarcian → Celestial body → Earth and Toarcian → Chronological unit → Age. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ToarcianCelestial bodyEarth1.00infobox
ToarcianChronological unitAge1.00infobox
ToarcianLower boundary definitionPeniche, Portugal1.00infobox
ToarcianLower GSSP ratified20141.00infobox
ToarcianName formalityFormal1.00infobox
ToarcianRegional usageGlobal (ICS)1.00infobox
ToarcianStratigraphic unitStage1.00infobox
ToarcianTime scale(s) usedICS Time Scale1.00infobox
ToarcianTime span formalityFormal1.00infobox
ToarcianUpper boundary definitionFAD of the Ammonites Leioceras opalinum and Leioceras lineatum1.00infobox
ToarcianUpper boundary GSSPFuentelsaz, Spain 41°10′15″N 1°50′00″W / 41.1708°N 1.8333°W / 41.1708; -1.83331.00infobox
ToarcianUpper GSSP ratified20001.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Toarcian bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Ammonite, Years and Fad. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • early or lower jurassic
    • Timescale
    • Ics
    • Jurassic
    • Toarcian
    • Lower
    • Stage
    • Stratigraphic
    • Aalenian
    • Ago
    • Fad
    • Geologic
    • Years
  • ma (million years ago)
    • Ago
    • Million
    • Years
    • Ics
    • Earth
    • Ma
    • Mw-parser-output
    • Scale
    • Time
    • Jurassic
    • Stratigraphic
    • Fad
  • age
    • Stage
    • Toarcian
    • Geologic
    • Lower
    • Mw-parser-output
    • Scale
    • Time
    • Ammonite
    • Global
    • Fad
    • Earth
    • Gssp
  • ics
    • Jurassic
    • Stratigraphic
    • Years
    • Lower
    • Mw-parser-output
    • Scale
    • Toarcian
    • Fad
    • Gssp
    • Ma
    • Million
    • Timescale
  • stage
    • Lower
    • Ammonite
    • Fad
    • Toarcian
    • Earth
    • Gssp
    • Timescale
    • Mw-parser-output
    • Scale
    • Time
    • Ago
    • Global
  • ammonite
    • Mw-parser-output
    • Scale
    • Time
    • Toarcian
    • Stage
    • Stratigraphic
    • Fad
    • Earth
    • Geologic
    • Gssp
    • Lower
    • Global
  • geologic timescale
    • Lower
    • Jurassic
    • Age
    • Timescale
    • Toarcian
    • Mw-parser-output
    • Scale
    • Time
    • Ammonite
    • Ics
    • Stage
    • Stratigraphic
  • toarcian oceanic anoxic event
    • Pliensbachian
    • Global
    • Ammonite
    • Represented
    • Toarcian
    • Years
    • Scale
    • Ics
    • Jurassic
    • Fad
    • Gssp

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Toarcian, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Toarcian 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
Toarcian — Stratigraphic definitions · splits 14 ⟂ 22
Toarcian — Overview · splits 25 ⟂ 11

Map overview Semantic statistics

Toarcian

Nodes36
Edges35
Triples22
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.055556
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Toarcian 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 — Toarcian · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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