Pleistocene (2.58 Ma)
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- Pleistocene (2.58 Ma)
- Herkunft des Namens
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pleistos = le plus , kaïno = récent
- Historische Varianten
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Quaternaire ancien (Boyer & Girardot 1890), Eiszeitalter, Diluvium = Eiszeit (Roesli 1948), Pleistocän, Pleistocaen
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The base of the Early Pleistocene (and base of the Quaternary) is defined at the Gauss-Matuyama paleomagnetic reversal, around 2.58 Ma, which also roughly corresponds to the onset of MIS-103.
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Late Pleistocene (129 ka)
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- chronostratigraphische Stufe / geochronologisches Alter
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- gültiger formeller Begriff
- Kurzbeschreibung
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The Late Pleistocene is the last geochronologic subepoch of the Pleistocene, comprising only one (unnamed) age. Its base was set at the start of the Eem Interglacial (Marine Isotope Stage 5e).
Correlatively, the Late Pleistocene corresponds in Switzerland to the last interglacial–glacial cycle (Gondiswil Interglacial and Birrfeld Glacial).
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Younger Dryas
- Name Origin
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Named after the cold-climate wildflower Dryas octopetala Linnaeus.
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- Klima-/Palynostratigraphie
- Status
- informeller Begriff
- Kurzbeschreibung
- Cold floral stage at the end of the Late Pleistocene (12900-11500 BP = 11000-9500 av. J.C.).
- Age
- Spätes Pleistozän
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Allerød
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Named after the town of Allerød (Denmark).
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- Klima-/Palynostratigraphie
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- informeller Begriff
- Kurzbeschreibung
- Warmer climatic oscillation of the late glacial Pleistocene (11800-11000 BP = 11400-10730 av. J.C.), identified on the basis of pollen analysis.
- Age
- Spätes Pleistozän
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Older Dryas
- Name Origin
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Named after the cold-climate wildflower Dryas octopetala Linnaeus.
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- Klima-/Palynostratigraphie
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- informeller Begriff
- Kurzbeschreibung
- (12000-11800 BP = 11590-11400 av. J.C.)
- Age
- Spätes Pleistozän
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Bølling
- Name Origin
- série de tourbes découvertes au lac Bølling, dans le Jutland central
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- Klima-/Palynostratigraphie
- Status
- informeller Begriff
- Kurzbeschreibung
- Floral stage (13000-12000 BP = 11720-11590 av. J.C.).
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- Spätes Pleistozän
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Oldest Dryas
- Name Origin
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Named after the cold-climate wildflower Dryas octopetala Linnaeus.
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- Klima-/Palynostratigraphie
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- informeller Begriff
- Kurzbeschreibung
- Ab ca. 18'000-15'000 BP, je nach Autor.
- Age
- Spätes Pleistozän
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Eemian
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Named after the river Eem in the area of the city of Amersfoort (Netherlands).
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- Chronostratigraphie / Geochronologie
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- informeller Begriff
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- Riss-Würm interglacial (Alps), Ipswichian (United Kingdom), Mikulin interglacial (Russia), Valdivia interglacial (Chile), Sangamonian (North America)
- Kurzbeschreibung
- Initial palynostratigraphic subdivision of the Late Pleistocene («Tarantian») of NW Europe, roughly corresponding to MIS-5e and to the Riss-Würm Interglacial.
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- Spätes Pleistozän
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Middle Pleistocene (774 ka)
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- chronostratigraphische Stufe / geochronologisches Alter
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- gültiger formeller Begriff
- Kurzbeschreibung
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The Middle Pleistocene is the middle geochronologic subepoch of the Pleistocene, comprising only the Chibanian age. Its base was set at the boundary between the Matuyama and Brunhes magnetostratigraphic epochs.
In Switzerland the age of the Hochterrasse deposits roughly coincides with the Middle Pleistocene.
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Chibanian
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- chronostratigraphische Stufe / geochronologisches Alter
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- gültiger formeller Begriff
- Kurzbeschreibung
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New stage name for the Middle Pleistocene.
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- Mittleres Pleistozän
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Saalian
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Named after the river Saale (Deutschland).
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- Chronostratigraphie / Geochronologie
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- informeller Begriff
- Kurzbeschreibung
- Terminal substage of the Middle Pleistocene of NW Europe, between Holsteinian and Eemian, characterised by cold climate (culminating in the Alpine region with the Riss glaciation).
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- Mittleres Pleistozän
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Holsteinian
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Named after the Holstein region (N Germany).
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- Chronostratigraphie / Geochronologie
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- informeller Begriff
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- Hoxnian (United Kingdom), Likhvinian (Russia)
- Kurzbeschreibung
- Palynostratigraphic subdivision of the Middle Pleistocene (Ionian) of NW Europe, corresponding to MIS-11 and to the Mindel-Riss Interglacial.
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- Mittleres Pleistozän
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Elsterian
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Named after the river Weisse Elster (E Germany), a tributary of the river Saale.
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- Chronostratigraphie / Geochronologie
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- informeller Begriff
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- Anglian (United Kingdom), Okian (Russia)
- Kurzbeschreibung
- Substage of the Middle Pleistocene of NW Europe, corresponding to MIS-12 and characterised by a cold climate (culminating in the Alpine region with the Mindel glaciation).
- Age
- Mittleres Pleistozän
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Cromerian
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Named after the East Anglian town of Cromer (UK).
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- Chronostratigraphie / Geochronologie
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- informeller Begriff
- Kurzbeschreibung
- Initial palynostratigraphic subdivision of the Middle Pleistocene («Ionian») of NW Europe, encompassing several glacial/interglacial cycles under a relatively mild climate (Günz-Mindel Interglacial).
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- Mittleres Pleistozän
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Early Pleistocene (2.58 Ma)
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- Chronostratigraphie / Geochronologie
- Kurzbeschreibung
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The Early Pleistocene is the first geochronologic subepoch of the Pleistocene, starting with the Gelasian age (at the transition from the Piacenzian age) and ending with the Calabrian age (at the transition to the Chibanian age). It is characterised by a predominantly reversed polarised paleomagnetic field (Matuyama) and the onset of large glacial fluctuations.
- Age
- Gélasien
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Calabrian (1.80 Ma)
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Named after the Calabria region (Italy).
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- chronostratigraphische Stufe / geochronologisches Alter
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- gültiger formeller Begriff
- Kurzbeschreibung
- Second substage of the Early Pleistocene.
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- Frühes Pleistozän
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Sicilian
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Named after Sicilia (Italia).
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- chronostratigraphische Sub-Stufe
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- gültig
- Kurzbeschreibung
- Regional substage (= late Calabrian, Early Pleistocene) in Italy.
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- Calabrien
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Emilian
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Named after the Emilia region (Italia).
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- chronostratigraphische Sub-Stufe
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- gültig
- Kurzbeschreibung
- Regional substage (= middle Calabrian, Early Pleistocene) in Italy.
- Age
- Calabrien
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Santernian
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- chronostratigraphische Sub-Stufe
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- gültig
- Kurzbeschreibung
- Regional substage (= early Calabrian, Early Pleistocene) in Italy.
- Age
- Calabrien
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Gelasian (2.58 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Gela (Italia), Sicilia.
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- chronostratigraphische Stufe / geochronologisches Alter
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- gültiger formeller Begriff
- Age
- Frühes Pleistozän