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The Holocene (/ ˈ h ɒ l. ə s iː n,-oʊ-, ˈ h oʊ. l ə-,-l oʊ-/) [2] [3] is the current geological epoch, beginning approximately 11,700 years ago. [4] It follows the Last Glacial Period, which concluded with the Holocene glacial retreat. [4] The Holocene and the preceding Pleistocene [5] together form the Quaternary period.
25 paź 2024 · Holocene Epoch, younger of the two formally recognized epochs that constitute the Quaternary Period and the latest interval of geologic time, covering approximately the last 11,700 years of Earth’s history.
Holocene Epoch, formerly Recent Epoch, Latest interval of the Earth’s geologic history, dating from about 11,700 years ago to the present. The younger of the two epochs that constitute the Quaternary Period, the Holocene follows the last glacial stage of the Pleistocene Epoch.
The Holocene is the name given to the last 11,700 years* of the Earth's history — the time since the end of the last major glacial epoch, or "ice age." Since then, there have been small-scale climate shifts — notably the "Little Ice Age" between about 1200 and 1700 A.D. — but in general, the Holocene has been a relatively warm period in ...
1 sty 2024 · In the ratified geological timescale of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), the Holocene is formally defined as a chronostratigraphical series (i.e. the material body of contemporaneous Holocene deposits) and geochronological epoch (i.e. the corresponding unit of time).
The Holocene is the fourth and last epoch of the Neogene period (or second epoch of the Quaternary sub-era) of the Cenozoic era. The Holocene was preceded by the Pleistocene epoch, which began about 1.8 million years ago (mya) and ended at a time corresponding with the end of the Paleolithic age used in archeology.
Holocene is the name for the most recent interval of Earth history and includes the present day. Although generally regarded as having begun 10,000 radiocarbon ( 14 C) years, or the last 11,500 calibrated (i.e., calendar) years, BP (i.e., 1950), the base of the Holocene is now assigned an age of 11,700 years b2k (before CE 2000) as described ...
