Formal subdivision of the Quaternary System/Period: Past, present, and future

Quaternary International

Volumn 383, Issue , 2015, Pages 4-35

  Head, Martin J ^a   Gibbard, Philip L ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; GSSP; Holocene; Pleistocene; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOCENE; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; INTERGLACIAL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PLEISTOCENE; STRATOTYPE;

BASILICATA; CALABRIA; CHIBA; HONSHU; ITALY; JAPAN; KANTO; MATERA; MONTALBANO JONICO;

EID: 84944450347     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.06.039     Document Type: Article

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