Pleistocene (2.58 Ma)

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Darstellung und Status

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Rang
chronostratigraphische Epoche / geochronologische Serie
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Status
gültiger formeller Begriff

Nomenklatur

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Pleistozän
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Pléistocène
Italiano
Pleistocene
English
Pleistocene (2.58 Ma)
Herkunft des Namens
pleistos = le plus , kaïno = récent
Historische Varianten
Quaternaire ancien (Boyer & Girardot 1890), Eiszeitalter, Diluvium = Eiszeit (Roesli 1948), Pleistocän, Pleistocaen

Alter

Alter Basis
  • Gélasien
Datierungsmethode
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.
  • Late Pleistocene (129 ka)

    Rang
    chronostratigraphische Stufe / geochronologisches Alter
    Status
    gültiger formeller Begriff
    Kurzbeschreibung

    By definition, the Late Pleistocene corresponds to the last interglacial–glacial cycle (Gondiswil Interglacial and Birrfeld Glacial in Switzerland).

    • Younger Dryas

      Name Origin

      Named after the cold-climate wildflower Dryas octopetala Linnaeus.

      Rang
      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
    • Allerød

      Name Origin

      Named after the town of Allerød (Denmark).

      Rang
      Klima-/Palynostratigraphie
      Status
      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
    • Older Dryas

      Name Origin

      Named after the cold-climate wildflower Dryas octopetala Linnaeus.

      Rang
      Klima-/Palynostratigraphie
      Status
      informeller Begriff
      Kurzbeschreibung
      (12000-11800 BP = 11590-11400 av. J.C.)
      Age
      Spätes Pleistozän
    • Bølling

      Name Origin
      série de tourbes découvertes au lac Bølling, dans le Jutland central
      Rang
      Klima-/Palynostratigraphie
      Status
      informeller Begriff
      Kurzbeschreibung
      Floral stage (13000-12000 BP = 11720-11590 av. J.C.).
      Age
      Spätes Pleistozän
    • Oldest Dryas

      Name Origin

      Named after the cold-climate wildflower Dryas octopetala Linnaeus.

      Rang
      Klima-/Palynostratigraphie
      Status
      informeller Begriff
      Kurzbeschreibung
      Ab ca. 18'000-15'000 BP, je nach Autor.
      Age
      Spätes Pleistozän
    • Eemian

      Name Origin

      Named after the river Eem in the area of the city of Amersfoort (Netherlands).

      Rang
      Chronostratigraphie / Geochronologie
      Status
      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.
      Age
      Spätes Pleistozän
  • Middle Pleistocene (774 ka)

    Rang
    chronostratigraphische Stufe / geochronologisches Alter
    Status
    gültiger formeller Begriff
    Kurzbeschreibung

    In Switzerland the age of the Hochterrasse deposits roughly coincides with the Middle Pleistocene.

    • 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
  • Early Pleistocene (2.58 Ma)

    Rang
    Chronostratigraphie / Geochronologie
    Kurzbeschreibung
    Geological subepoch characterised by a predominantly reversed polarised paleomagnetic field (Matuyama) and the onset of large glacial fluctuations.
    Age
    Gélasien
    • Calabrian (1.80 Ma)

      Name Origin

      Named after the Calabria region (Italy).

      Rang
      chronostratigraphische Stufe / geochronologisches Alter
      Status
      gültiger formeller Begriff
      Kurzbeschreibung
      Second substage of the Early Pleistocene.
      Age
      Frühes Pleistozän
      • Sicilian

        Name Origin

        Named after Sicilia (Italia).

        Rang
        chronostratigraphische Sub-Stufe
        Status
        gültig
        Kurzbeschreibung
        Regional substage (= late Calabrian, Early Pleistocene) in Italy.
        Age
        Calabrien
      • Emilian

        Name Origin

        Named after the Emilia region (Italia).

        Rang
        chronostratigraphische Sub-Stufe
        Status
        gültig
        Kurzbeschreibung
        Regional substage (= middle Calabrian, Early Pleistocene) in Italy.
        Age
        Calabrien
      • Santernian

        Rang
        chronostratigraphische Sub-Stufe
        Status
        gültig
        Kurzbeschreibung
        Regional substage (= early Calabrian, Early Pleistocene) in Italy.
        Age
        Calabrien
    • Gelasian (2.58 Ma)

      Name Origin

      Named after the town of Gela (Italia), Sicilia.

      Rang
      chronostratigraphische Stufe / geochronologisches Alter
      Status
      gültiger formeller Begriff
      Age
      Frühes Pleistozän
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