Quaternary (2.58 Ma)

Retour à chronostratigraphie

Représentation et statut

Couleur CMYK
0 / 0 / 50 / 0
Couleur RGB
R: 249 G: 249 B: 127
Rang
Période chronostratigraphique
Usage
Ce terme est en usage.
Status
terme formel valide
Discussion du statut

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Quartär
Français
Quaternaire
Italiano
Quaternario
English
Quaternary (2.58 Ma)
Variantes historiques
Quaternaire (de Serres 1832), Quartaer, Eiszeitalter (Schlüchter & Kelly 2000), Zeitalter des Menschen

Hiérarchie et succession

Unités hiérarchiquement subordonnées

Âge

Âge au sommet
  • Holocène
Âge à la base
  • Gélasien
Méthode de datation
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.
  • Holocene (11.7 ka)

    Name Origin

    holos = fully, entirely , kaïno = recent

    Rang
    Époque chronostratigraphique
    Statut
    terme formel valide
    En bref

    Most recent stratigraphic unit referring to the warm episod that began with the end of the last glacial period.

    Age
    Holocène
    • Meghalayan (4.2 ka)

      Rang
      Étage chronostratigraphique
      Statut
      terme formel valide
      En bref

      Last chronostratigraphic stage of the Holocene.

      Age
      Holocène
    • Subatlantic

      Rang
      climato/palynostratigraphie
      Statut
      terme informel
      En bref
      Current climatic/palynological stage of the European Quaternary (approximate age range: from 2800-2450 calBP = 850-500 BC to present).
      Age
      Holocène
    • Subboreal

      Rang
      climato/palynostratigraphie
      Statut
      terme informel
      En bref
      Palynological stage of the European Quaternary (approximate age range: 5500-2800 calBP).
      Age
      Holocène
    • Northgrippian (8.2 ka)

      Rang
      Étage chronostratigraphique
      Statut
      terme formel valide
      En bref

      Middle chronostratigraphic stage of the Holocene.

      Age
      Holocène
    • Atlantic

      Name Origin
      Warm and moist climatic phase originally based on the study of Danish peat bogs.
      Rang
      climato/palynostratigraphie
      Statut
      terme informel
      En bref
      Palynological stage depicting a climatic optimum in Europe, and characterised by the presence of oak, elm, linden and iva (approximate range: 9000-5500 calBP).
      Age
      Holocène
    • Greenlandian (11.7 ka)

      Rang
      Sous-Période chronostratigraphique
      Statut
      terme local (informel)
      En bref

      First chronostratigraphic stage of the Holocene.

      Age
      Holocène
    • Boreal

      Name Origin
      Cold climatic phase originally based on the study of Danish peat bogs.
      Rang
      climato/palynostratigraphie
      Statut
      terme informel
      En bref
      Palynological stage of the European Quaternary (approximate age range: 10200-9000 calBP).
      Age
      Holocène
    • Preboreal

      Name Origin
      Transitional climatic phase originally based on the study of Danish peat bogs.
      Rang
      climato/palynostratigraphie
      Statut
      terme informel
      En bref
      Palynological stage of the European Quaternary, at the base of the Holocene (approximate age range: 11650-10200 calBP).
      Age
      Holocène
  • Pleistocene (2.58 Ma)

    Name Origin
    pleistos = le plus , kaïno = récent
    Rang
    Époque chronostratigraphique
    Statut
    terme formel valide
    Age
    Gélasien
    • Late Pleistocene (129 ka)

      Rang
      Étage chronostratigraphique
      Statut
      terme formel valide
      En bref

      By definition, the Late Pleistocene corresponds to the last interglacial–glacial cycle (Gondiswil Interglacial and Birrfeld Glacial in Switzerland).

      • Younger Dryas

        Name Origin

        Named after the cold-climate wildflower Dryas octopetala Linnaeus.

        Rang
        climato/palynostratigraphie
        Statut
        terme informel
        En bref
        Cold floral stage at the end of the Late Pleistocene (12900-11500 BP = 11000-9500 av. J.C.).
        Age
        Spätes Pleistozän
      • Allerød

        Name Origin

        Named after the town of Allerød (Denmark).

        Rang
        climato/palynostratigraphie
        Statut
        terme informel
        En bref
        Warmer climatic oscillation of the late glacial Pleistocene (11800-11000 BP = 11400-10730 av. J.C.), identified on the basis of pollen analysis.
        Age
        Spätes Pleistozän
      • Older Dryas

        Name Origin

        Named after the cold-climate wildflower Dryas octopetala Linnaeus.

        Rang
        climato/palynostratigraphie
        Statut
        terme informel
        En bref
        (12000-11800 BP = 11590-11400 av. J.C.)
        Age
        Spätes Pleistozän
      • Bølling

        Name Origin
        série de tourbes découvertes au lac Bølling, dans le Jutland central
        Rang
        climato/palynostratigraphie
        Statut
        terme informel
        En bref
        Floral stage (13000-12000 BP = 11720-11590 av. J.C.).
        Age
        Spätes Pleistozän
      • Oldest Dryas

        Name Origin

        Named after the cold-climate wildflower Dryas octopetala Linnaeus.

        Rang
        climato/palynostratigraphie
        Statut
        terme informel
        En bref
        Ab ca. 18'000-15'000 BP, je nach Autor.
        Age
        Spätes Pleistozän
      • Eemian

        Name Origin

        Named after the river Eem in the area of the city of Amersfoort (Netherlands).

        Rang
        chronostratigraphie
        Statut
        terme informel
        Nomenclatorial Remarks
        Riss-Würm interglacial (Alps), Ipswichian (United Kingdom), Mikulin interglacial (Russia), Valdivia interglacial (Chile), Sangamonian (North America)
        En bref
        Initial palynostratigraphic subdivision of the Late Pleistocene («Tarantian») of NW Europe, roughly corresponding to MIS-5e and to the Riss-Würm Interglacial.
        Age
        Spätes Pleistozän
    • Middle Pleistocene (774 ka)

      Rang
      Étage chronostratigraphique
      Statut
      terme formel valide
      En bref

      In Switzerland the age of the Hochterrasse deposits roughly coincides with the Middle Pleistocene.

      • 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
    • Early Pleistocene (2.58 Ma)

      Rang
      chronostratigraphie
      En bref
      Geological subepoch characterised by a predominantly reversed polarised paleomagnetic field (Matuyama) and the onset of large glacial fluctuations.
      Age
      Gélasien
      • Calabrian (1.80 Ma)

        Name Origin

        Named after the Calabria region (Italy).

        Rang
        Étage chronostratigraphique
        Statut
        terme formel valide
        En bref
        Second substage of the Early Pleistocene.
        Age
        Frühes Pleistozän
        • Sicilian

          Name Origin

          Named after Sicilia (Italia).

          Rang
          Sous-Étage chronostratigraphique
          Statut
          valide
          En bref
          Regional substage (= late Calabrian, Early Pleistocene) in Italy.
          Age
          Calabrien
        • Emilian

          Name Origin

          Named after the Emilia region (Italia).

          Rang
          Sous-Étage chronostratigraphique
          Statut
          valide
          En bref
          Regional substage (= middle Calabrian, Early Pleistocene) in Italy.
          Age
          Calabrien
        • Santernian

          Rang
          Sous-Étage chronostratigraphique
          Statut
          valide
          En bref
          Regional substage (= early Calabrian, Early Pleistocene) in Italy.
          Age
          Calabrien
      • Gelasian (2.58 Ma)

        Name Origin

        Named after the town of Gela (Italia), Sicilia.

        Rang
        Étage chronostratigraphique
        Statut
        terme formel valide
        Age
        Frühes Pleistozän
haute de page