Middle Pleistocene (774 ka)

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Darstellung und Status

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Rang
chronostratigraphische Stufe / geochronologisches Alter
Gebrauch
Element ist in Gebrauch
Status
gültiger formeller Begriff

Nomenklatur

Deutsch
Mittelpleistozän
Français
Pléistocène moyen
Italiano
Pleistocene medio
English
Middle Pleistocene (774 ka)
Historische Varianten

Mittel-Pleistozän (Keller & Krayss 2010)

Hierarchie und Abfolge

Untergrenze

The base of the Middle Pleistocene is defined at the Matuyama-Brunhes paleomagnetic reversal, around 0.78 Ma BP (Richmond 1996, Gibbard et al. 2004, Gibbard & Cohen 2008).

Alter

Bermerkungen zu Basis

Onset of MIS-19

  • Chibanian

    Rang
    chronostratigraphische Stufe / geochronologisches Alter
    Status
    gültiger formeller Begriff
    Kurzbeschreibung

    New stage name for the Middle Pleistocene.

    Age
    Mittleres Pleistozän
  • Saalian

    Name Origin

    Named after the river Saale (Deutschland).

    Rang
    Chronostratigraphie / Geochronologie
    Status
    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).
    Age
    Mittleres Pleistozän
  • Holsteinian

    Name Origin

    Named after the Holstein region (N Germany).

    Rang
    Chronostratigraphie / Geochronologie
    Status
    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.
    Age
    Mittleres Pleistozän
  • Elsterian

    Name Origin

    Named after the river Weisse Elster (E Germany), a tributary of the river Saale.

    Rang
    Chronostratigraphie / Geochronologie
    Status
    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
  • Cromerian

    Name Origin

    Named after the East Anglian town of Cromer (UK).

    Rang
    Chronostratigraphie / Geochronologie
    Status
    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).
    Age
    Mittleres Pleistozän
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