Gelasian (2.58 Ma)
Back to Early Pleistocene (2.58 Ma)Representation and status
- Color CMYK
- 0/5/35/0
- Color RGB
- R: 255 G: 237 B: 179
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid formal name
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Gélasien
- Français
- Gélasien
- Italiano
- Gelasiano
- English
- Gelasian (2.58 Ma)
- Origin of the Name
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Named after the town of Gela (Italia), Sicilia.
- Historical Variants
- Gelasium, Gelasian (Rio et al. 1998)
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
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- Early Pleistocene
- Age at base
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- Early Pleistocene
- Dating Method
- 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.