Greenlandian
E87429
The Greenlandian is the earliest age of the Holocene epoch, marking the beginning of the current geological period following the last major ice age.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chronostratigraphic stage
ⓘ
geochronologic age ⓘ |
| boundaryType | climatic event boundary ⓘ |
| BPScale | years before 1950 CE ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition | earliest age of the Holocene ⓘ |
| climateContext | postglacial warming after last major ice age ⓘ |
| correlatesWith | early Holocene ⓘ |
| definedBy | International Commission on Stratigraphy ⓘ |
| epoch | Holocene ⓘ |
| era | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| follows |
Pleistocene epoch
ⓘ
surface form:
Late Pleistocene
Younger Dryas cold event ⓘ
surface form:
Younger Dryas
|
| GSSPLocation | North Greenland Ice Core Project (NGRIP) ice core ⓘ |
| GSSPMarker |
abrupt warming at end of Younger Dryas
ⓘ
shift in deuterium excess values in NGRIP ice core ⓘ |
| GSSPRegion |
Greenland
ⓘ
surface form:
central Greenland
|
| GSSPStatus | ratified ⓘ |
| lowerBoundaryDefinition | onset of Holocene warming recorded in Greenland ice cores ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Greenland ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cenozoic
ⓘ
Holocene ⓘ Quaternary ⓘ |
| period |
Quaternary period
ⓘ
surface form:
Quaternary
|
| precedes | Northgrippian ⓘ |
| rank |
age
ⓘ
stage ⓘ |
| ratificationYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| ratifiedBy | International Union of Geological Sciences ⓘ |
| stratotypeMedium | ice core ⓘ |
| subdivides |
Holocene
ⓘ
surface form:
Holocene into three ages
|
| temporalScope | early Holocene climate stabilization ⓘ |
| timeEnd |
6376 BCE (approximately)
ⓘ
8326 years before present (approximately) ⓘ |
| timeStart |
11700 years before present
ⓘ
9701 BCE (approximately) ⓘ |
| togetherWith |
Meghalayan
ⓘ
Northgrippian ⓘ |
| upperBoundaryDefinition | climatic event around 8.2 ka BP ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Quaternary period
ⓘ
surface form:
Quaternary stratigraphy
paleoclimate studies ⓘ |