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Glacial and en:interglacial cycles as represented by atmospheric CO2, measured from ice core samples going back 650,000 years
500 million year record shows current and previous two major glacial periods
Eiszeiten[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
Land-based chronology of glaciations[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
| Backwards Glacial Index |
Names | Inter/Glacial | Period (ka) | MIS | Epoch | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine | N. American | N. European | Great Britain | |||||
| en:Flandrian | interglacial | present – 12 | 1 | en:Holocene | ||||
| 1st | Würm | Wisconsin | Weichsel or Vistula |
Devensian | glacial period | 12 – 110 | 2-4 & 5a-d |
en:Pleistocene |
| Riss-Würm | Sangamon | en:Eemian | Ipswichian | interglacial | 110 – 130 | 5e | ||
| 2nd | Riss | Illinoian | Saale | Wolstonian or Gipping | glacial period | 130 – 200 | 6 | |
| Mindel-Riss | Yarmouth | Holstein | Hoxnian | interglacial(s) | 200 – 300/380 | 7,9,11 | ||
| 3rd – 5th | Mindel | Kansan | Elster | Anglian | glacial period(s) | 300/380 – 455 | 8,10,12 | |
| Günz-Mindel | Aftonian | Cromerian* | interglacial(s) | 455 – 620 | 13-15 | |||
| 7th | Günz | Nebraskan | Menapian | Beestonian | glacial period | 620 – 680 | 16 | |
Older periods of the Pleistocene
| Name | Inter/Glacial | Period (ka) | MIS | Epoch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| en:Pastonian interglacial | interglacial | 600 – 800 | ||
| en:Pre-Pastonian glaciation | glacial period | 800 – 1300 | ||
| en:Bramertonian Interglacial | interglacial | 1300 – 1550 |
**Table data is based on Gibbard Figure 22.1.[1]
Major glacial periods[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
| Name | Period (Ma) | Period | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 - present | en:Neogene | en:Cenozoic | |
| Karoo | 360 - 260 | en:Carboniferous and en:Permian | en:Paleozoic |
| en:Andean-Saharan | 450 - 420 | en:Ordovician and en:Silurian | en:Paleozoic |
| en:Cryogenian (or Sturtian-Varangian) |
800 - 635 | en:Cryogenian | en:Neoproterozoic |
| en:Huronian glaciation | 2100 - 2400 | en:Siderian and en:Rhyacian | en:Paleoproterozoic |
en:Image:GlaciationsinEarthExistancelicenced.jpg
- ↑ Gibbard, P. and van Kolfschoten, T. (2004) "The Pleistocene and Holocene Epochs" Chapter 22 In Gradstein, F. M., Ogg, James G., and Smith, A. Gilbert (eds.), A Geologic Time Scale 2004 Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, ISBN 0521781426