GSSP

English

Noun

GSSP (plural GSSPs)

  1. (geology) A Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point.
    • 2018, Mark Carnall, The Guardian, 2 May:
      The GSSP for the end of the Cretaceous and the beginning of the Palaeogene is at Oued Djerfane, west of El Kef, Tunisia and is marked with a “golden spike” (Molina et al 2006).

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