Subdivision of the Holocene according to the ICS, as of 2024.Vertical axis scale: Gregorian years |
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| Name formality | Formal |
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| Name ratified | 14 June 2018 |
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| Celestial body | Earth |
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| Regional usage | Global (ICS) |
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| Time scale(s) used | ICS Time Scale |
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| Chronological unit | Age |
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| Stratigraphic unit | Stage |
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| Time span formality | Formal |
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| Lower boundary definition | End of the Younger Dryasstadial |
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| Lower boundary GSSP | NGRIP2 ice core, Greenland 75°06′00″N42°19′12″W / 75.1000°N 42.3200°W / 75.1000; -42.3200 |
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| Lower GSSP ratified | 14 June 2018 (as base of Greenlandian) |
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| Upper boundary definition | 8.2 kiloyear event |
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| Upper boundary GSSP | NGRIP1 ice core, Greenland 75°06′00″N42°19′12″W / 75.1000°N 42.3200°W / 75.1000; -42.3200 |
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| Upper GSSP ratified | 14 June 2018 |
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