Subdivisión formal del Holoceno
Resumen
En junio de 2018 se ha ratificado oficialmente la subdivisión del Holoceno en tres subunidades geocronológicas y cronoestratigráficas denominadas Groenlandiense, Norgripiense y Megalayense.
Citas
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Epoch (Quaternary System/Period) in the NGRIP ice core. Episodes 31, 264-267.
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of INTIMATE (Integration of ice core, marine and terrestrial records) and the Subcommission on Quaternary
Stratigraphy (International Commission on Stratigraphy). Journal of Quaternary Science 27, 649-659.
Walker et al. (2018). Formal ratification of the subdivision of the Holocene Series/ Epoch (Quaternary System/
Period): two new Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs) and three new stages/ subseries.
Episodes (in press). Disponible on-line. https://doi.org/10.18814/epiiugs/2018/018016
