Middle Pleistocene (774 ka)

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Rappresentazione e statuto

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Rango
Piano cronostratigrafico
Uso
Unità in uso.
Status
termine formale valido

Nomenclatura

Deutsch
Mittelpleistozän
Français
Pléistocène moyen
Italiano
Pleistocene medio
English
Middle Pleistocene (774 ka)
Varianti storiche

Mittel-Pleistozän (Keller & Krayss 2010)

Gerarchia e successione

Unità di rango inferiore
Unità sovrastante
Limite inferiore

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).

Età

Osservazioni sulla base

Onset of MIS-19

  • Chibanian

    Rango
    Piano cronostratigrafico
    Statuto
    termine formale valido
    In breve

    New stage name for the Middle Pleistocene.

    Age
    Mittleres Pleistozän
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  • Saalian

    Name Origin

    Named after the river Saale (Deutschland).

    Rango
    cronostratigrafia
    Statuto
    termine informale
    In breve
    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).

    Rango
    cronostratigrafia
    Statuto
    termine informale
    Nomenclatorial Remarks
    Hoxnian (United Kingdom), Likhvinian (Russia)
    In breve
    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.

    Rango
    cronostratigrafia
    Statuto
    termine informale
    Nomenclatorial Remarks
    Anglian (United Kingdom), Okian (Russia)
    In breve
    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).

    Rango
    cronostratigrafia
    Statuto
    termine informale
    In breve
    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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