Middle Pleistocene (774 ka)

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Représentation et statut

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Rang
Étage chronostratigraphique
Usage
Ce terme est en usage.
Status
terme formel valide

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Mittelpleistozän
Français
Pléistocène moyen
Italiano
Pleistocene medio
English
Middle Pleistocene (774 ka)
Variantes historiques

Mittel-Pleistozän (Keller & Krayss 2010)

Hiérarchie et succession

Unités sus-jacentes
Limite inférieure

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).

Âge

Note sur la base

Onset of MIS-19

  • Chibanian

    Rang
    Étage chronostratigraphique
    Statut
    terme formel valide
    En bref

    New stage name for the Middle Pleistocene.

    Age
    Mittleres Pleistozän
  • Saalian

    Name Origin

    Named after the river Saale (Deutschland).

    Rang
    chronostratigraphie
    Statut
    terme informel
    En bref
    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
  • Holsteinian

    Name Origin

    Named after the Holstein region (N Germany).

    Rang
    chronostratigraphie
    Statut
    terme informel
    Nomenclatorial Remarks
    Hoxnian (United Kingdom), Likhvinian (Russia)
    En bref
    Palynostratigraphic subdivision of the Middle Pleistocene (Ionian) of NW Europe, corresponding to MIS-11 and to the Mindel-Riss Interglacial.
    Age
    Mittleres Pleistozän
  • Elsterian

    Name Origin

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

    Rang
    chronostratigraphie
    Statut
    terme informel
    Nomenclatorial Remarks
    Anglian (United Kingdom), Okian (Russia)
    En bref
    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
  • Cromerian

    Name Origin

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

    Rang
    chronostratigraphie
    Statut
    terme informel
    En bref
    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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