Formal ratification of subseries for the Pleistocene Series of the Quaternary System
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In: Episodes, Vol. 44, No. 3, 09.2021, p. 241-247.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Formal ratification of subseries for the Pleistocene Series of the Quaternary System
AU - Head, Martin J.
AU - Pillans, Brad
AU - Zalasiewicz, Jan A.
AU - Alloway, Brent
AU - Beu, Alan G.
AU - Cohen, Kim M.
AU - Gibbard, Philip L.
AU - Knudsen, Karen Luise
AU - van Kolfschoten, Thijs
AU - Lirer, Fabrizio
AU - Litt, Thomas
AU - Liu, Jaiqi
AU - Marks, Leszek
AU - McManus, Jerry
AU - Piotrowski, Jan A.
AU - Räsänen, Matti
AU - Rasmussen, Sune Olander
AU - Saito, Yoshiki
AU - Tesakov, Alexey
AU - Turner, Charles
AU - Walker, Mike
AU - Cardeña, Caridad Zazo
AU - the ICS Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 International Union of Geological Sciences. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - The Pleistocene Series/Epoch of the Quaternary System/Period has been divided unofficially into three subseries/subepochs since at least the 1870s. On 30th January, 2020, the Executive Committee of the International Union of Geological Sciences ratified two proposals approved by the International Commission on Stratigraphy formalizing: 1) the Lower Pleistocene Subseries, comprising the Gelasian Stage and the superjacent Calabrian Stage, with a base defined by the GSSP for the Gelasian Stage, the Pleistocene Series, and the Quaternary System, and currently dated at 2.58 Ma; and 2) the term Upper Pleistocene, at the rank of subseries, with a base currently undefined but provisionally dated at ~129 ka. Defining the Upper Pleistocene Subseries and its corresponding stage with a GSSP is in progress. The Middle Pleistocene Subseries is defined by the recently ratified GSSP for the Chibanian Stage currently dated at 0.774 Ma. These ratifications complete the official division of the Pleistocene into three subseries/subepochs, in uniformity with the similarly subdivided Holocene Series/Epoch.
AB - The Pleistocene Series/Epoch of the Quaternary System/Period has been divided unofficially into three subseries/subepochs since at least the 1870s. On 30th January, 2020, the Executive Committee of the International Union of Geological Sciences ratified two proposals approved by the International Commission on Stratigraphy formalizing: 1) the Lower Pleistocene Subseries, comprising the Gelasian Stage and the superjacent Calabrian Stage, with a base defined by the GSSP for the Gelasian Stage, the Pleistocene Series, and the Quaternary System, and currently dated at 2.58 Ma; and 2) the term Upper Pleistocene, at the rank of subseries, with a base currently undefined but provisionally dated at ~129 ka. Defining the Upper Pleistocene Subseries and its corresponding stage with a GSSP is in progress. The Middle Pleistocene Subseries is defined by the recently ratified GSSP for the Chibanian Stage currently dated at 0.774 Ma. These ratifications complete the official division of the Pleistocene into three subseries/subepochs, in uniformity with the similarly subdivided Holocene Series/Epoch.
U2 - 10.18814/epiiugs/2020/020084
DO - 10.18814/epiiugs/2020/020084
M3 - Review
AN - SCOPUS:85104985887
VL - 44
SP - 241
EP - 247
JO - Episodes
JF - Episodes
SN - 0705-3797
IS - 3
ER -
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