Quaternary period

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geologic period

The Quaternary period is the most recent division of geologic time, characterized by repeated ice ages, the evolution and global spread of modern humans, and significant climatic fluctuations over the last 2.6 million years.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Quaternary 33
Quaternary period canonical 13
Quaternary Period 6

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic period ⓘ
associatedWith Antarctic ice sheet expansion ⓘ
Northern Hemisphere ice sheets ⓘ
formation of modern river systems ⓘ
human-induced environmental change in late Holocene ⓘ
loess deposition ⓘ
permafrost development ⓘ
baseDefinedBy Gauss–Matuyama geomagnetic reversal ⓘ
marine isotope stage 103 ⓘ
characterizedBy development of modern ecosystems ⓘ
evolution of Homo sapiens ⓘ
global climatic fluctuations ⓘ
global spread of modern humans ⓘ
major ice ages ⓘ
megafaunal extinctions ⓘ
orbital forcing of climate ⓘ
repeated glacial–interglacial cycles ⓘ
sea level fluctuations ⓘ
climateDriver Milankovitch cycles ⓘ
greenhouse gas concentration changes ⓘ
ice sheet dynamics ⓘ
contains Holocene climatic optimum ⓘ
Last Glacial Maximum ⓘ
Pleistocene epoch ⓘ
surface form: Last Interglacial (Eemian)

Little Ice Age ⓘ
Younger Dryas cold event ⓘ
current interglacial ⓘ
definedBy International Commission on Stratigraphy ⓘ
duration about 2.58 million years ⓘ
endTime present ⓘ
follows Neogene ⓘ
surface form: Neogene period
hasEpoch Holocene ⓘ
surface form: Holocene epoch

Pleistocene epoch ⓘ
includesTaxonEvent Denisovan extinction ⓘ
Late Quaternary megafaunal extinction ⓘ
Neanderthal extinction ⓘ
domestication of plants and animals ⓘ
emergence of genus Homo ⓘ
evolution of anatomically modern humans ⓘ
rise of human civilizations ⓘ
partOf Cenozoic ⓘ
surface form: Cenozoic Era
precedes Holocene ⓘ
surface form: Holocene epoch
startTime Pleistocene epoch onset ⓘ
approximately 2.58 million years ago ⓘ
stratotypeSection Vrica section, Calabria, Italy ⓘ
subdividedInto Holocene ⓘ
surface form: Early Holocene

Pleistocene epoch ⓘ
surface form: Early Pleistocene

Holocene ⓘ
surface form: Late Holocene

Pleistocene epoch ⓘ
surface form: Late Pleistocene

Holocene climatic optimum ⓘ
surface form: Middle Holocene

Pleistocene epoch ⓘ
surface form: Middle Pleistocene

Referenced by (58)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pliocene epoch → precedes → Quaternary period ⓘ
Chimborazo → geologicalAge → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pleistocene to Holocene
Three Sisters → geologicalAge → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary
Phanerozoic Eon → contains → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary Period
Diamond Head → geologicalAge → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary
Holocene → partOf → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary Period
Mount Shasta → geologicalAge → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary
Glyptostrobus → geologicalTimeRange → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary
Cenozoic → subdividedInto → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary Period
Great American Biotic Interchange between North and South America → tookPlaceIn → Quaternary period ⓘ
subject surface form: Great American Biotic Interchange
this entity surface form: Quaternary
Pleistocene epoch → partOf → Quaternary period ⓘ
Pleistocene epoch → geochronologicUnitOf → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary glaciation
International Chronostratigraphic Chart → includes → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary Period
El Misti volcano → geologicalAge → Quaternary period ⓘ
subject surface form: El Misti
this entity surface form: Quaternary
Puy de Sancy → geologicalAge → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary
Puy de Sancy → lastEruption → Quaternary period ⓘ
Tupungatito volcano → geologicalAge → Quaternary period ⓘ
subject surface form: Tupungatito
this entity surface form: Quaternary
Wisconsin glaciation → geologicTimeScaleSystem → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary
Loess Plateau (eastern part) → geologicalPeriod → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary
Ceboruco → geologicalAge → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary
Lake Bolsena → formationPeriod → Quaternary period ⓘ
South Sister → geologicalAge → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pleistocene to Holocene
Poás → geologicalAge → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary
Greenlandian → usedIn → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary stratigraphy
Greenlandian → period → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary
Northgrippian → subdivisionOf → Quaternary period ⓘ
Northgrippian → usedIn → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary stratigraphy
Barú → geologicalAge → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary
Meghalayan → subdivisionOf → Quaternary period ⓘ
Cenozoic glaciations → occursDuring → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary Period
Alpine orogeny → endTime → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary Period
Norwegian Trench → formedDuring → Quaternary period ⓘ
Pichu Pichu → geologicalAge → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary
Fennoscandian Ice Sheet → geologicTime → Quaternary period ⓘ
Misti → geologicalAge → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary
Misti volcano → geologicalAge → Quaternary period ⓘ
subject surface form: Misti
this entity surface form: Quaternary
Chaîne des Puys → geologicalAge → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary
Last Glacial Maximum → partOf → Quaternary period ⓘ
Anthropocene Working Group → hasScope → Quaternary period ⓘ
Puracé → geologicalAge → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary
Llaima → geologicalAge → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary
Tupungatito → geologicalAge → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary
Antisana → geologicalAge → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pleistocene to Holocene
Aeolian Arc → geologicalAge → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary
Ampato volcano → geologicalAge → Quaternary period ⓘ
subject surface form: Ampato
this entity surface form: Quaternary
Aegean back-arc extension → geologicalPeriod → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary
Wisconsin Stage → partOf → Quaternary period ⓘ
Würm glaciation → partOf → Quaternary period ⓘ
Barnim Plateau → geologicalPeriod → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary
Transverse Ranges orogeny → activeDuring → Quaternary period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaternary