Holocene

Subdivisions of the Quaternary System
System/
Period
Series/
Epoch
Stage/
Age
Age (Ma)
QuaternaryHolocene0.0117–0
PleistoceneTarantian0.126–0.0117
Ionian0.781–0.126
Calabrian1.80–0.781
Gelasian2.58–1.80
NeogenePliocenePiacenzianaulder
In Europe an North Americae, the Holocene is subdividit intae Preboreal, Boreal, Atlantic, Subboreal, an Subatlantic stages o the Blytt–Sernander time scale. Thare are mony regional subdiveesions for the Upper or Late Pleistocene; uisually these represent locally recognised cauld (glacial) an wairm (interglacial) periods. The last glacial period ends wi the cauld Younger Dryas substage.

The Holocene, accordin tae current scienteefic consensus, is the geological epoch that began efter the Pleistocene[1] at approximately 11,700 year afore present.[2]

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