Boreal
Back to the listRepresentation and status
- Index
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- CMYK Color
- N/A
- RGB color
- R: 245 G: 255 B: 245
- Rank
- climato/palynostratigraphy
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- informal term
- SCS note
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- SCS date
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- Comment
- Originally encompassed the Preboreal as well.
Nomenclature
- German
- Boreal
- French
- Boréal
- Italian
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- English
- Boreal
- Origin of the Name
- Cold climatic phase originally based on the study of Danish peat bogs.
- Historical Variants
- Boreal (Blytt 1876)
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
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Synonyms
- Synonyms
- Non-synonyms
- Possible confusion
Description
- Description
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- Geomorphology
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- Thickness
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Components
Lithological content
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Mineral content
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Fossil content
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Hierarchy and succession
- Lateral equivalents
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- Upper boundary
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- Lower boundary
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- Stratigraphic discussion
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Age
- Age at top
- Holocene
- Note about top
- 8000 BP = 9000 calBP = 7050 BC
- Age at base
- Holocene
- Note about base
- 9000 BP = 10200 calBP = 8250 BC
- Dating method
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Geography
- Geographical extent
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- Type area
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- Type locality
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- Type profile
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- Reference profiles
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- Point of interest
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Paleogeography and tectonic
- Paleogeography
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- Kind of protolith
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- Conditions of formation
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- Sequence
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- Tectonic Unit (resp. main category)
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Quaternary
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Quaternary Deposits- Unconsolidated Deposits
- Niederterrasse
- Hochterrasse
- Deckenschotter
- Tiefere Deckenschotter
- Höhere Deckenschotter
- Glaciostratigraphy
- Pliocene
- Metamorphism
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- Metamorphic facies
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- Note on metamorphism
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References
- Definition
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- Revision
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- Important publications
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Material and varia
- Applications
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