Saalian
Back to Middle Pleistocene (774 ka)Representation and status
- Color CMYK
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- Rank
- chronostratigraphy
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- informal term
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Saalien
- Français
- Saalien
- Italiano
- Saaliano
- English
- Saalian
- Origin of the Name
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Named after the river Saale (Deutschland).
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
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- Middle Pleistocene
- Age at base
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- Middle Pleistocene
- Dating Method
- MIS-10 to MIS-6, approx. 300'000-130'000 a