Holocaenum

Conus cinereus montis igniferi iuxtaVeyoUtaeaevo Holocaeno orti

Holocaenum(scil. "aevum"; aGraecoὅλος'totus' +καινός'novus') est ultimaepochageologica etseriesstratigraphicaKaenozoica,quae postPleistocaenumannorum fere 11.7 miliumante praesentemincepit et usque tempora nostra continuit. Aevum palaeontologicumrecenscum Holocaeno congruit. Quidam nihilominus aevum novissimumAnthropocaenumrecognoscunt, nuper inceptum, quo species aliae fere omnes sub effectu operum humanorum evolvunt.

Tres aetates geologicas vel stadia stratigraphica comprehendit, quae ab infimo ad supremum suntGroenlandium,Northgrippium,Meghalayum.Postinquisitiones Axel Blytt et Rogerii Sernander,recentius e vestigiis paludisLethrensisinDaniaconfirmatas,Holocaenum inchronozonasquinque ordinari solet, videlicetPraeborealeab anno fere 11 700a.p.,Borealeab 10 000,Atlanticum(in "Atlanticum anterius" et "Atlanticum plenum" divisum) ab 9000 et 8000,Subborealeab 5800,Subatlanticumab 2500.

Bibliographia

• A. Blytt,Essay on the immigration of the Norwegian flora.1876
• F. Gradstein, J. Ogg, A. Smith, edd.,A Geologic Time Scale 2004.Cantabrigiae: Cambridge University Press, 2004Textus
• Jan Mangerud, "The chronostratigraphical subdivision of the Holocene in Norden: a review"inStriaevol. 16 (1982) pp. 65-70
• Jan Mangerud et al., "Quaternary Stratigraphy of Norden, a proposal for terminology and classification"inBoreasvol. 3 (1974) pp. 109–126
• N. Schrøder, L. Højlund Pedersen, R. Juel Bitsch, "10,000 Years of Climate Change and Human Impact on the Environment in the Area Surrounding Lejre"inJournal of Transdisciplinary Environmental Studiesvol. 3 no. 1 (2004)
• R. Sernander, "On the evidence of post-glacial changes of climate furnished by the peat mosses of northern Europe" inGeologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhaldlingervol. 30 (1908) pp. 365-478

Nexus externi

• "Holocene Epoch"apudTimescale Foundation

Series = Epochae geologicae

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Terreneuvium•Series Cambria 2•Maolingium•Furongium•Ordovicium inferius•medium•superius•Llandoverium•Wenlockium•Ludlowium•Pridolium•Devonium inferius•medium•superius•Mississippium inferius•medium•superius•Pennsylvanium inferius•medium•superius•Cisuralium•Guadalupium•Lopingium•Triassicum inferius•medium•superius•Iurassicum inferius•medium•superius•Cretaceum inferius•superius•Palaeocaenum•Eocaenum•Oligocaenum•Miocaenum•Pliocaenum•Pleistocaenum•Holocaenum Index aevorum geologicorum Capsae cognatae:Aeones•Aerae•Periodi•Epochae•Aetatesgeologicae =Aeonothemata•Aerathemata•Systemata•Series•Stadiastratigraphica