Meghalayan

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chronostratigraphic unit geologic age

The Meghalayan is the most recent and current age of the Holocene epoch, defined by a global climatic event marked by a major drought and cooling period that began about 4,200 years ago.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chronostratigraphic unit ⓘ geologic age ⓘ
associatedWith	cultural and societal disruptions in several ancient civilizations ⓘ
belongsTo	Holocene ⓘ surface form: Late Holocene
characterizedBy	regional monsoon weakening ⓘ widespread aridity ⓘ
chronologicalRank	age ⓘ
climateContext	Holocene climate variability ⓘ
climaticEventAssociated	4.2 kiloyear event ⓘ
correlatesWith	late Bronze Age climatic disturbances ⓘ
definedBy	cooling period ⓘ global climatic event ⓘ major drought ⓘ
evidenceFrom	lake sediment records ⓘ marine cores ⓘ speleothem oxygen isotope records ⓘ
follows	Northgrippian ⓘ
formalizedIn	Holocene subdivision proposal ⓘ
formalName	Meghalayan Age ⓘ
globalScope	yes ⓘ
GSSPApprovalBody	International Union of Geological Sciences ⓘ surface form: IUGS Executive Committee
GSSPDefinedAt	Mawmluh Cave ⓘ
GSSPLocation	Mawmluh Cave, Meghalaya, India ⓘ
GSSPTypeSection	speleothem in Mawmluh Cave ⓘ
isPartOf	Holocene ⓘ surface form: Holocene subdivision
namedAfter	Meghalaya ⓘ surface form: Meghalaya, India
partOf	Holocene ⓘ surface form: Holocene epoch
positionInHolocene	youngest age of the Holocene ⓘ
precededBy	Northgrippian ⓘ surface form: Northgrippian age
ratificationYear	2018 ⓘ
ratifiedBy	International Commission on Stratigraphy ⓘ International Union of Geological Sciences ⓘ
startTime	4.2 ka BP ⓘ approximately 4,200 years ago ⓘ
status	current age of the Holocene ⓘ
subdivisionLevel	subdivision of Holocene Series/Epoch ⓘ
subdivisionOf	Cenozoic ⓘ surface form: Cenozoic era Quaternary period ⓘ
temporalExtent	from 4.2 ka BP to present ⓘ
timeScale	International Chronostratigraphic Chart ⓘ
usedInDiscipline	Quaternary science ⓘ geology ⓘ paleoclimatology ⓘ

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

Holocene → hasStage → Meghalayan ⓘ

Northgrippian → precedes → Meghalayan ⓘ