Middle Pleistocene (774 ka)

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Representation and status

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Rank
chronostratigraphic Stage
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid formal name

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Mittelpleistozän
Français
Pléistocène moyen
Italiano
Pleistocene medio
English
Middle Pleistocene (774 ka)
Historical Variants

Mittel-Pleistozän (Keller & Krayss 2010)

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units
Units at roof
Lower boundary

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).

Age

Note about base

Onset of MIS-19

  • Chibanian

    Rank
    chronostratigraphic Stage
    Status
    valid formal name
    In short

    New stage name for the Middle Pleistocene.

    Age
    Mittleres Pleistozän
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  • Saalian

    Name Origin

    Named after the river Saale (Deutschland).

    Rank
    chronostratigraphy
    Status
    informal term
    In short
    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
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  • Holsteinian

    Name Origin

    Named after the Holstein region (N Germany).

    Rank
    chronostratigraphy
    Status
    informal term
    Nomenclatorial Remarks
    Hoxnian (United Kingdom), Likhvinian (Russia)
    In short
    Palynostratigraphic subdivision of the Middle Pleistocene (Ionian) of NW Europe, corresponding to MIS-11 and to the Mindel-Riss Interglacial.
    Age
    Mittleres Pleistozän
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  • Elsterian

    Name Origin

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

    Rank
    chronostratigraphy
    Status
    informal term
    Nomenclatorial Remarks
    Anglian (United Kingdom), Okian (Russia)
    In short
    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
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  • Cromerian

    Name Origin

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

    Rank
    chronostratigraphy
    Status
    informal term
    In short
    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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