Northgrippian

E87430

chronostratigraphic stage geochronologic age

The Northgrippian is the middle age of the Holocene epoch, defined by a significant global cooling event that occurred around 4,200 years ago.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Northgrippian canonical	4
Northgrippian age	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chronostratigraphic stage ⓘ geochronologic age ⓘ
chronologicalContext	follows early Holocene warming ⓘ precedes late Holocene Meghalayan age ⓘ
climateCharacteristic	cooler and drier conditions in many regions ⓘ increased aridity in subtropical regions ⓘ
climateProxyEvidence	Greenland ice cores ⓘ lake sediment records ⓘ marine sediment cores ⓘ speleothem records ⓘ
definedBy	International Commission on Stratigraphy ⓘ International Union of Geological Sciences ⓘ
definingEvent	4.2 kiloyear event ⓘ abrupt climate change ⓘ significant global cooling event ⓘ
duration	from 4.2 ka BP to 4.2–3.2 ka BP boundary with Meghalayan ⓘ
endTime	4200 years before present to 4200–3200 years before present boundary ⓘ circa 2250–1950 BCE boundary to Meghalayan ⓘ
follows	Greenlandian ⓘ
formalizedIn	2018 ⓘ
GSSP	North Greenland Ice Core Project (NGRIP) ice core ⓘ surface form: NorthGRIP ice core, Greenland
GSSPApprovalYear	2018 ⓘ
hasApproximateStart	4.2 ka BP is 1950 CE minus 4200 years ⓘ
namedAfter	North Greenland Ice Core Project (NGRIP) ice core ⓘ surface form: NorthGRIP ice core
partOf	Holocene ⓘ surface form: Holocene epoch
positionInHolocene	middle age of the Holocene ⓘ
precedes	Meghalayan ⓘ
rank	age ⓘ stage ⓘ
relatedEvent	collapse or stress of several early complex societies ⓘ hydrological changes in monsoon regions ⓘ
startTime	4200 years before present ⓘ circa 2250 BCE ⓘ
stratotype	North Greenland Ice Core Project (NGRIP) ice core ⓘ surface form: NorthGRIP ice core in central Greenland
subdivisionOf	Cenozoic ⓘ surface form: Cenozoic era Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ surface form: Phanerozoic eon Quaternary period ⓘ
timeScale	International Chronostratigraphic Chart ⓘ
usedIn	Holocene subdivision ⓘ Quaternary period ⓘ surface form: Quaternary stratigraphy paleoclimate studies ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Holocene → hasStage → Northgrippian ⓘ

Greenlandian → precedes → Northgrippian ⓘ

Greenlandian → togetherWith → Northgrippian ⓘ

Meghalayan → follows → Northgrippian ⓘ

Meghalayan → precededBy → Northgrippian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northgrippian age