Marine Isotopope Stages (MIS)

Representation and status

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Status
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Nomenclature

English
Marine Isotopope Stages (MIS)
Origin of the Name

Isotopic / paleoclimatic stratigraphy.

Historical Variants
marine isotope stage = MIS = marine oxygen-isotope stage = oxygen isotope stage = OIS

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

  • MIS-1

    Rank
    chemostratigraphy
    Status
    informal term
    In short
    Youngest marine oxygen-isotope stage, corresponding to the Holocene. Its onset defines the end of the Younger Dryas and hence the start of the Preboreal.
    Age
    Holocene
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  • MIS-2

    Rank
    chemostratigraphy
    Status
    informal term
    In short
    Marine oxygen-isotope stage marking the start of the global Last Glacial Maximum.
    Age
    Late Pleistocene
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  • MIS-5e

    Rank
    chemostratigraphy
    Status
    informal term
    In short
    Marine oxygen-isotope stage corresponding to the Eemian and thus marking the start of the Late Pleistocene.
    Age
    Late Pleistocene
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