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padding-left: 0.0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.0pt;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The Executive Council approved a resolution on the 24th May 2022 to set up the Commi</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="">ssion</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> on Maltese Stratigraphy. This standing Committee has the following objectives:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt; padding-bottom: 0.0pt; padding-left: 0.0pt; padding-right: 0.0pt; padding-top: 0.0pt;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><ol class="n8H08c BKnRcf " style="list-style-type: decimal; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; padding: 0;"><li dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q TYR86d lsiHE " style="margin-left: 15.0pt;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0.0pt; margin-left: 0.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt; padding-bottom: 0.0pt; padding-left: 0.0pt; padding-right: 0.0pt; padding-top: 0.0pt; text-indent: 0.0pt;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-size: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Standardise Maltese stratigraphy</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q TYR86d lsiHE " style="margin-left: 15.0pt;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0.0pt; margin-left: 0.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt; padding-bottom: 0.0pt; padding-left: 0.0pt; padding-right: 0.0pt; padding-top: 0.0pt; text-indent: 0.0pt;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-size: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Name Formations and members in the subsurface of the Maltese Islands and its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q TYR86d lsiHE " style="margin-left: 15.0pt;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0.0pt; margin-left: 0.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt; padding-bottom: 0.0pt; padding-left: 0.0pt; padding-right: 0.0pt; padding-top: 0.0pt; text-indent: 0.0pt;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-size: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Become a focal point for the research on Maltese stratigraphy and liaise with the International Commission on Stratigraphy</span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="margin-left: 0.0pt; padding-left: 0.0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.0pt;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The members of the Committee are:</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></section><section id="h.6c0f6db02777c161_16" class="yaqOZd cJgDec tpmmCb" style=""><div class="IFuOkc" style="background-position: center center; background-image: 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" style="text-align: center;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="">Dr Niccolo Baldassini</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-ibL1re Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-ibL1re purZT-AhqUyc-ibL1re ZcASvf-AhqUyc-ibL1re pSzOP-AhqUyc-ibL1re Ktthjf-AhqUyc-ibL1re JNdkSc SQVYQc yYI8W HQwdzb"><div class="JNdkSc-SmKAyb LkDMRd"><div class="" jscontroller="sGwD4d" jsaction="zXBUYb:zTPCnb;zQF9Uc:Qxe3nd;" jsname="F57UId"><div class="oKdM2c ZZyype Kzv0Me"><div id="h.6c0f6db02777c161_18" class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-ibL1re Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-ibL1re purZT-AhqUyc-ibL1re ZcASvf-AhqUyc-ibL1re pSzOP-AhqUyc-ibL1re Ktthjf-AhqUyc-ibL1re jXK9ad D2fZ2 zu5uec OjCsFc dmUFtb"><div class="jXK9ad-SmKAyb"><div class="tyJCtd baZpAe"><div class="t3iYD"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/EXPDnLeR1LGOyOgF-8ioeBvEoHndST3WPVoku33U5LryROlcgZL1BAGi4LdXNxZFE9SRZxlKmuyg76IWwsjyO5ArXIYQEJSvqDsamPLQQJmCeP-XnAqC8VSkqaWx_bEe4g=w1280" class="CENy8b" role="img"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="oKdM2c ZZyype"><div id="h.6c0f6db02777c161_32" class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-ibL1re Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-ibL1re purZT-AhqUyc-ibL1re ZcASvf-AhqUyc-ibL1re pSzOP-AhqUyc-ibL1re Ktthjf-AhqUyc-ibL1re jXK9ad D2fZ2 zu5uec wHaque g5GTcb"><div class="jXK9ad-SmKAyb"><div class="tyJCtd mGzaTb Depvyb baZpAe"><p dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="text-align: center;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="">Dr Ray Zammit</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-ibL1re Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-ibL1re purZT-AhqUyc-ibL1re ZcASvf-AhqUyc-ibL1re pSzOP-AhqUyc-ibL1re Ktthjf-AhqUyc-ibL1re JNdkSc SQVYQc yYI8W HQwdzb"><div class="JNdkSc-SmKAyb LkDMRd"><div class="" jscontroller="sGwD4d" jsaction="zXBUYb:zTPCnb;zQF9Uc:Qxe3nd;" jsname="F57UId"><div class="oKdM2c ZZyype Kzv0Me"><div id="h.6c0f6db02777c161_22" class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-ibL1re Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-ibL1re purZT-AhqUyc-ibL1re ZcASvf-AhqUyc-ibL1re pSzOP-AhqUyc-ibL1re Ktthjf-AhqUyc-ibL1re jXK9ad D2fZ2 zu5uec OjCsFc dmUFtb"><div class="jXK9ad-SmKAyb"><div class="tyJCtd baZpAe"><div class="t3iYD"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/xoXfTT8Uje1-cMrbys7H_9XeVx0dEMTHr0Tsb4VrmfQZaumSmgRsXX_BlL21umBjdwNc-GxMYU89uTj18Q3G95YgNGGtQ6oMYIruWP_X3FsaxTDWujPnOfCbMRKZuH06qQ=w1280" class="CENy8b" role="img"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="oKdM2c ZZyype"><div id="h.6c0f6db02777c161_34" class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-ibL1re Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-ibL1re purZT-AhqUyc-ibL1re ZcASvf-AhqUyc-ibL1re pSzOP-AhqUyc-ibL1re Ktthjf-AhqUyc-ibL1re jXK9ad D2fZ2 zu5uec wHaque g5GTcb"><div class="jXK9ad-SmKAyb"><div class="tyJCtd mGzaTb Depvyb baZpAe"><p dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="text-align: center;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="">Chris Gauci</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-ibL1re Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-ibL1re purZT-AhqUyc-ibL1re ZcASvf-AhqUyc-ibL1re pSzOP-AhqUyc-ibL1re Ktthjf-AhqUyc-ibL1re JNdkSc SQVYQc yYI8W HQwdzb"><div class="JNdkSc-SmKAyb LkDMRd"><div class="" jscontroller="sGwD4d" jsaction="zXBUYb:zTPCnb;zQF9Uc:Qxe3nd;" jsname="F57UId"><div class="oKdM2c ZZyype Kzv0Me"><div id="h.6c0f6db02777c161_26" class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-ibL1re Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-ibL1re purZT-AhqUyc-ibL1re ZcASvf-AhqUyc-ibL1re pSzOP-AhqUyc-ibL1re Ktthjf-AhqUyc-ibL1re jXK9ad D2fZ2 zu5uec OjCsFc dmUFtb"><div class="jXK9ad-SmKAyb"><div class="tyJCtd baZpAe"><div class="t3iYD"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Q7f6uoF4aO1GT9J8dJp_I_aHjG1py_TvzkcJkhJePhJgZhMC8Su-0fbzoFOXhK12uMV20d4nZNzPF2CzD3D80IMYZcdaXUdWs0KnlGoctIJGKcxMRI6hlPajOZk89tbecg=w1280" class="CENy8b" role="img"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="oKdM2c ZZyype"><div id="h.6c0f6db02777c161_36" class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-ibL1re Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-ibL1re purZT-AhqUyc-ibL1re ZcASvf-AhqUyc-ibL1re pSzOP-AhqUyc-ibL1re Ktthjf-AhqUyc-ibL1re jXK9ad D2fZ2 zu5uec wHaque g5GTcb"><div class="jXK9ad-SmKAyb"><div class="tyJCtd mGzaTb Depvyb baZpAe"><p dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="text-align: center;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="">Dr Peter Gatt</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-R6PoUb Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-R6PoUb JNdkSc SQVYQc L6cTce-purZT L6cTce-pSzOP"><div class="JNdkSc-SmKAyb LkDMRd"><div class="" jscontroller="sGwD4d" jsaction="zXBUYb:zTPCnb;zQF9Uc:Qxe3nd;" jsname="F57UId"></div></div></div></div></div></section><section id="h.6b3bf84eb2de5d5a_24" class="yaqOZd"><div class="IFuOkc"></div><div class="mYVXT"><div class="LS81yb VICjCf j5pSsc db35Fc" tabindex="-1"><div class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf purZT-AhqUyc-II5mzb ZcASvf-AhqUyc-II5mzb pSzOP-AhqUyc-qWD73c Ktthjf-AhqUyc-qWD73c JNdkSc SQVYQc"><div class="JNdkSc-SmKAyb LkDMRd"><div class="" jscontroller="sGwD4d" jsaction="zXBUYb:zTPCnb;zQF9Uc:Qxe3nd;" jsname="F57UId"><div class="oKdM2c ZZyype Kzv0Me"><div id="h.15b36ae5753645f1_0" class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf jXK9ad D2fZ2 zu5uec OjCsFc dmUFtb wHaque g5GTcb"><div class="jXK9ad-SmKAyb"><div class="tyJCtd mGzaTb Depvyb baZpAe"><p dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style=""><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Stratigraphic column of Maltese Islands</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="text-align: left;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Key stages in the development of Maltese stratigraphy:</span></p><ul class="n8H08c UVNKR " style="list-style-type: square; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; padding: 0;"><li dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " style="margin-left: 15.0pt;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="margin-left: 0.0pt; padding-left: 0.0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.0pt;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">1854 Spratt distinguishes four 'groups' of rock. </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " style="margin-left: 15.0pt;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="margin-left: 0.0pt; padding-left: 0.0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.0pt;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">1856 Earl of Ducie publishes Geological map of Malta showing five types of rock and phosphorite beds </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " style="margin-left: 15.0pt;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="margin-left: 0.0pt; padding-left: 0.0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.0pt;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">1890 Murray names and establishes the five Formations of the Maltese Islands.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " style="margin-left: 15.0pt;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="margin-left: 0.0pt; padding-left: 0.0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.0pt;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">1932 Rizzo subdivides the Globigerina Limestone Formation into three Members, Upper, Middle and Lower.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " style="margin-left: 15.0pt;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="margin-left: 0.0pt; padding-left: 0.0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.0pt;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">1955 Dunham, Pedley, House and Wilson map the surface geology of the Maltese Islands</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " style="margin-left: 15.0pt;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="margin-left: 0.0pt; padding-left: 0.0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.0pt;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">1957 BP publishes Geological map of Malta</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " style="margin-left: 15.0pt;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="margin-left: 0.0pt; padding-left: 0.0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.0pt;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Wigglesworth maps surface geology of Gozo</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " style="margin-left: 15.0pt;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="margin-left: 0.0pt; padding-left: 0.0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.0pt;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">1976 Pedley, House and Waugh establish nomenclature for the Miocene phosphorite beds: C1 and C2 beds</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " style="margin-left: 15.0pt;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="margin-left: 0.0pt; padding-left: 0.0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.0pt;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">1978 Pedley subdivides the Upper (UCL) and Lower Coralline Limestone (LCL) Formations into four Members each. LCL stratigraphy incomplete.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " style="margin-left: 15.0pt;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="margin-left: 0.0pt; padding-left: 0.0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.0pt;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">1993 Government of Malta publishes Geological map of Malta and Gozo </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " style="margin-left: 15.0pt;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="margin-left: 0.0pt; padding-left: 0.0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.0pt;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">2005 Gatt adds C0 phosphorite bed</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " style="margin-left: 15.0pt;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="margin-left: 0.0pt; padding-left: 0.0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.0pt;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">2009 Hilgen et al. establish the Serravallian Global Stratotype section and Point (GSSP) at the base of the of the Blue Clay Formation.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " style="margin-left: 15.0pt;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="margin-left: 0.0pt; padding-left: 0.0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.0pt;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">2012 Gatt adds Migra Ferha Member to Lower Coralline Limestone Formation.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " style="margin-left: 15.0pt;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="margin-left: 0.0pt; padding-left: 0.0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.0pt;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;">2022 Gatt adds Zabbar Formation (Eocene).</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " style="margin-left: 15.0pt;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="margin-left: 0.0pt; padding-left: 0.0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.0pt;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;">June 2022, the Malta Chamber of Geologists establishes a standing Committee on Maltese Stratigraphy with the objectives of standardising Malta's stratigraphy.</span></p></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-II5mzb Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-II5mzb purZT-AhqUyc-II5mzb ZcASvf-AhqUyc-II5mzb pSzOP-AhqUyc-II5mzb Ktthjf-AhqUyc-II5mzb JNdkSc SQVYQc yYI8W HQwdzb"><div class="JNdkSc-SmKAyb LkDMRd"><div class="" jscontroller="sGwD4d" jsaction="zXBUYb:zTPCnb;zQF9Uc:Qxe3nd;" jsname="F57UId"><div class="oKdM2c ZZyype Kzv0Me"><div id="h.6354fb8f5036c2e3_11" class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-II5mzb Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-II5mzb pSzOP-AhqUyc-II5mzb Ktthjf-AhqUyc-II5mzb jXK9ad D2fZ2 zu5uec OjCsFc dmUFtb"><div class="jXK9ad-SmKAyb"><div class="tyJCtd baZpAe"><div class="t3iYD"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/80TLg1oOIil-blQhEp29oVw9LTN25dZfctUwj6xxtkQ2uScdSxrE8HntiszfRHH04icFOrVbckjwfIe8FnkMkck9PET_gMxuYjr4uB-0Suaih0TsX6ap7mjrtpKH0kryWQ=w1280" class="CENy8b" role="img" style="width: 100%; margin: -0.0000010565% 0 -0.0000010565% 0%"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="oKdM2c ZZyype"><div id="h.6354fb8f5036c2e3_14" class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-II5mzb Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-II5mzb pSzOP-AhqUyc-II5mzb Ktthjf-AhqUyc-II5mzb jXK9ad D2fZ2 zu5uec wHaque g5GTcb"><div class="jXK9ad-SmKAyb"><div class="tyJCtd mGzaTb Depvyb baZpAe"><p dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="text-align: center;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">One of the early Stratigraphic columns of Maltese rocks (1856)</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></section><section id="h.801c3f8cb858bf8_3" class="yaqOZd"><div class="IFuOkc"></div><div class="mYVXT"><div class="LS81yb VICjCf j5pSsc db35Fc" tabindex="-1"><div class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd purZT-AhqUyc-II5mzb ZcASvf-AhqUyc-II5mzb pSzOP-AhqUyc-qWD73c Ktthjf-AhqUyc-qWD73c JNdkSc SQVYQc"><div class="JNdkSc-SmKAyb LkDMRd"><div class="" jscontroller="sGwD4d" jsaction="zXBUYb:zTPCnb;zQF9Uc:Qxe3nd;" jsname="F57UId"><div class="oKdM2c ZZyype Kzv0Me"><div id="h.801c3f8cb858bf8_0" class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd jXK9ad D2fZ2 zu5uec OjCsFc dmUFtb wHaque g5GTcb"><div class="jXK9ad-SmKAyb"><div class="tyJCtd baZpAe"><div class="t3iYD"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/uBqk03YkwG5v8mGIr490Y3gUjVXfwNC3XOnf2QBuvfdCklk9X_-g_G5Gh8198TtXhAKczq7Ash30O074fsULhx-2fnSMeOr306f-aiL6WXWgJHP_BHjMHLVKej2b1V_c0Q=w1280" class="CENy8b" role="img"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></section><section id="h.801c3f8cb858bf8_7" class="yaqOZd"><div class="IFuOkc"></div><div class="mYVXT"><div class="LS81yb VICjCf j5pSsc db35Fc" tabindex="-1"><div class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd purZT-AhqUyc-II5mzb ZcASvf-AhqUyc-II5mzb pSzOP-AhqUyc-qWD73c Ktthjf-AhqUyc-qWD73c JNdkSc SQVYQc"><div class="JNdkSc-SmKAyb LkDMRd"><div class="" jscontroller="sGwD4d" jsaction="zXBUYb:zTPCnb;zQF9Uc:Qxe3nd;" jsname="F57UId"><div class="oKdM2c ZZyype Kzv0Me"><div id="h.801c3f8cb858bf8_4" class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd jXK9ad D2fZ2 zu5uec OjCsFc dmUFtb wHaque g5GTcb"><div class="jXK9ad-SmKAyb"><div class="tyJCtd mGzaTb Depvyb baZpAe"><p dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="text-align: center;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="">Table: Stratigraphy of the Maltese Islands through time (Malta Group). Bold lettering denotes the first use of the stratigraphic name which became part of the accepted stratigraphy of the Maltese Islands and subsurface.</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></section><section id="h.2f75c88ebebfbc07_8" class="yaqOZd"><div class="IFuOkc"></div><div class="mYVXT"><div class="LS81yb VICjCf j5pSsc db35Fc" tabindex="-1"><div class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-R6PoUb Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-R6PoUb JNdkSc SQVYQc L6cTce-purZT L6cTce-pSzOP"><div class="JNdkSc-SmKAyb LkDMRd"><div class="" jscontroller="sGwD4d" jsaction="zXBUYb:zTPCnb;zQF9Uc:Qxe3nd;" jsname="F57UId"></div></div></div><div class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-wNfPc Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-wNfPc purZT-AhqUyc-II5mzb ZcASvf-AhqUyc-II5mzb pSzOP-AhqUyc-wNfPc Ktthjf-AhqUyc-wNfPc JNdkSc SQVYQc yYI8W HQwdzb"><div class="JNdkSc-SmKAyb LkDMRd"><div class="" jscontroller="sGwD4d" jsaction="zXBUYb:zTPCnb;zQF9Uc:Qxe3nd;" jsname="F57UId"><div class="oKdM2c ZZyype Kzv0Me"><div id="h.6b3bf84eb2de5d5a_21" class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-wNfPc Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-wNfPc pSzOP-AhqUyc-wNfPc Ktthjf-AhqUyc-wNfPc jXK9ad D2fZ2 zu5uec OjCsFc dmUFtb"><div class="jXK9ad-SmKAyb"><div class="tyJCtd baZpAe"><div class="t3iYD"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3Wm-qK60xQh4rPcy-b30Xfq70hRVxUvh4u8u65ZfFfQJjOxIv1g-tpCVubb_eV73gTgBcwoYs1p-hAXfHs0iPtc=w1280" class="CENy8b" role="img" style="width: 100%; margin: 0% 0 0% 0%"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="oKdM2c ZZyype"><div id="h.6354fb8f5036c2e3_12" class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-wNfPc Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-wNfPc pSzOP-AhqUyc-wNfPc Ktthjf-AhqUyc-wNfPc jXK9ad D2fZ2 zu5uec wHaque g5GTcb"><div class="jXK9ad-SmKAyb"><div class="tyJCtd mGzaTb Depvyb baZpAe"><p dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="text-align: center;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Stratigraphic column of the Ma</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="">ltese Islands</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> based on </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400;">Rizzo (1932), Pedley (1978), Gatt (2022) and Pedley (2011) </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-qWD73c Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-qWD73c purZT-AhqUyc-II5mzb ZcASvf-AhqUyc-II5mzb pSzOP-AhqUyc-qWD73c Ktthjf-AhqUyc-qWD73c JNdkSc SQVYQc yYI8W HQwdzb"><div class="JNdkSc-SmKAyb LkDMRd"><div class="" jscontroller="sGwD4d" jsaction="zXBUYb:zTPCnb;zQF9Uc:Qxe3nd;" jsname="F57UId"><div class="oKdM2c ZZyype Kzv0Me"><div id="h.2f75c88ebebfbc07_5" class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-qWD73c Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-qWD73c jXK9ad D2fZ2 zu5uec OjCsFc dmUFtb"><div class="jXK9ad-SmKAyb"><div class="tyJCtd baZpAe"><div class="t3iYD"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/6YctKN5PaR8qLlQsRwXAoUnBtWtMl5z42Bn8XsMosvQ1ZfvuIbn95TXWSgVG9cwrGltZyP6yynZIFCiiaMGPEbXo5H52ldi1Y1Jnk9__lzX1PrWrtKGRHssuxildBqcQ6A=w1280" class="CENy8b" role="img"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="oKdM2c ZZyype"><div id="h.2f75c88ebebfbc07_9" class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-qWD73c Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-qWD73c jXK9ad D2fZ2 zu5uec wHaque g5GTcb"><div class="jXK9ad-SmKAyb"><div class="tyJCtd mGzaTb Depvyb baZpAe"><p dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style=""><span class="C9DxTc " style="">Updated stratigraphy of the Lower Coralline Limestone Formation (Oligocene) and naming of Eocene carbonates as Zabbar Formation (Gatt, 2022).</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></section><section id="h.702f52a984f5ccb4_35" class="yaqOZd cJgDec nyKByd" style=""><div class="IFuOkc" style="background-position: center center; background-image: url(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/6MtpFVzgAoflNA4FJPwx-65DxsV_PLA2qGui-y3wCq8rI82QwIYaby1OufKyzIEsMmwMMdr-dG1ibWMM_Z_pnNI=w16383); background-size: cover;"></div><div class="mYVXT"><div class="LS81yb VICjCf j5pSsc db35Fc" tabindex="-1"><div class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd purZT-AhqUyc-II5mzb ZcASvf-AhqUyc-II5mzb pSzOP-AhqUyc-qWD73c Ktthjf-AhqUyc-qWD73c JNdkSc SQVYQc"><div class="JNdkSc-SmKAyb LkDMRd"><div class="" jscontroller="sGwD4d" jsaction="zXBUYb:zTPCnb;zQF9Uc:Qxe3nd;" jsname="F57UId"><div class="oKdM2c ZZyype Kzv0Me"><div id="h.702f52a984f5ccb4_32" class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd jXK9ad D2fZ2 zu5uec OjCsFc dmUFtb wHaque g5GTcb"><div class="jXK9ad-SmKAyb"><div class="tyJCtd mGzaTb Depvyb baZpAe"><p dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="text-align: center;"><span class="jgG6ef C9DxTc " style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON STRATIGRAPHY</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></section><section id="h.702f52a984f5ccb4_7" class="yaqOZd"><div class="IFuOkc"></div><div class="mYVXT"><div class="LS81yb VICjCf j5pSsc db35Fc" tabindex="-1"><div class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd purZT-AhqUyc-II5mzb ZcASvf-AhqUyc-II5mzb pSzOP-AhqUyc-qWD73c Ktthjf-AhqUyc-qWD73c JNdkSc SQVYQc"><div class="JNdkSc-SmKAyb LkDMRd"><div class="" jscontroller="sGwD4d" jsaction="zXBUYb:zTPCnb;zQF9Uc:Qxe3nd;" jsname="F57UId"><div class="oKdM2c ZZyype Kzv0Me"><div id="h.702f52a984f5ccb4_4" class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd jXK9ad D2fZ2 zu5uec OjCsFc dmUFtb wHaque g5GTcb"><div class="jXK9ad-SmKAyb"><div class="tyJCtd mGzaTb Depvyb baZpAe"><p id="h.qzmh4grs8gnd" dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-top: 12.0pt; padding-bottom: 0.0pt; padding-left: 0.0pt; padding-right: 0.0pt; padding-top: 0.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) is the largest and oldest constituent scientific body in the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS). Its primary objective is to define precisely global units (systems, series and stages) of the International Chronostratigraphic Chart that, in turn, are the basis for the units (periods, epochs and age) of the International Geological Time Scale; thus setting global standards for the fundamental scale for expressing the history of the Earth.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="text-align: left;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Click to view chronostratigraphic chart: </span><a class="XqQF9c" href="https://stratigraphy.org/timescale/" target="_blank" style="color: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #980000; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Stratigraphic Chart</span></a><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #980000; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="margin-left: 0.0pt; padding-left: 0.0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.0pt;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">I</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">t should be noted that the nomenclature of Maltese Formations do</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">es</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> not conform to the International Stratigraphic Guide, but have been kept for historical reasons. </span><a class="XqQF9c" href="https://stratigraphy.org/guide/defs" target="_blank" style="color: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #980000; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">International Stratigraphic Guide</span></a><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #980000; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></section><section id="h.2f75c88ebebfbc07_3" class="yaqOZd"><div class="IFuOkc"></div><div class="mYVXT"><div class="LS81yb VICjCf j5pSsc db35Fc" tabindex="-1"><div class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd purZT-AhqUyc-II5mzb ZcASvf-AhqUyc-II5mzb pSzOP-AhqUyc-qWD73c Ktthjf-AhqUyc-qWD73c JNdkSc SQVYQc"><div class="JNdkSc-SmKAyb LkDMRd"><div class="" jscontroller="sGwD4d" jsaction="zXBUYb:zTPCnb;zQF9Uc:Qxe3nd;" jsname="F57UId"><div class="oKdM2c ZZyype Kzv0Me"><div id="h.6354fb8f5036c2e3_8" class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd jXK9ad D2fZ2 zu5uec OjCsFc dmUFtb wHaque g5GTcb"><div class="jXK9ad-SmKAyb"><div class="tyJCtd mGzaTb Depvyb baZpAe"><p dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style=""><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; vertical-align: baseline;">References</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt; padding-bottom: 0.0pt; padding-left: 36.0pt; padding-right: 0.0pt; padding-top: 0.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.0pt;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-size: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Gatt, P. (2005). Syntectonic deposition of an Oligo-Miocene phosphorite conglomerate bed in Malta. </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-size: 12.0pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Central Mediterranean Naturalist, </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-size: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;">4(</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-size: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;">2), 109-118.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt; padding-bottom: 0.0pt; padding-left: 36.0pt; padding-right: 0.0pt; padding-top: 0.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.0pt;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-size: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Gatt, P. (2022) Facies, depositional environments and drowning of Tethyan isolated carbonate platforms: the Paleogene of Malta. </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-size: 12.0pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Facies</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-size: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;">, 68(9). DOI:</span><a class="XqQF9c" href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10347-022-00648-1" target="_blank" style="color: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-size: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span class="C9DxTc aw5Odc " style="font-size: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;">10.1007/s10347-022-00648-1</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt; padding-bottom: 0.0pt; padding-left: 36.0pt; padding-right: 0.0pt; padding-top: 0.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.0pt;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-size: 12.0pt; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Hilgen, F.J., Abels, H.A., Iaccarino, S</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-size: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;">.,</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-size: 12.0pt; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> Krijgsman, W., Raffi, I., Sprovieri, R., Turco, E., and Zachariasse, W.J. (2009) </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-size: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) of the Serravallian Stage (Middle Miocene), </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-size: 12.0pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Episodes,</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-size: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> 32, 152-166.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt; padding-bottom: 0.0pt; padding-left: 36.0pt; padding-right: 0.0pt; padding-top: 0.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.0pt;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-size: 12.0pt; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Pedley, H. (1978). A new lithostratigraphical and</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-size: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-size: 12.0pt; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">palaeoenvironmental interpretation for the coralline limestone Formation of the Maltese Islands. </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-size: 12.0pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Overseas Geological & Mineralogical Resources, </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-size: 12.0pt; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">54</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-size: 12.0pt; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">, 1-17.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt; padding-bottom: 0.0pt; padding-left: 36.0pt; padding-right: 0.0pt; padding-top: 0.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.0pt;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400;">Rizzo, C., 1932. Report on the Geology of the Maltese Islands.</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt; padding-bottom: 0.0pt; padding-left: 0.0pt; padding-right: 0.0pt; padding-top: 0.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Spratt, T. (1854). On the Geology of Malta and Gozo. 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