Northgrippian | |||||||||||||||
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0.0082 – 0.0042Ma | |||||||||||||||
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Name formality | Formal | ||||||||||||||
Name ratified | 14 June 2018[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
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Celestial body | Earth | ||||||||||||||
Regional usage | Global (ICS) | ||||||||||||||
Time scale(s) used | ICS Time Scale | ||||||||||||||
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Chronological unit | Age | ||||||||||||||
Stratigraphic unit | Stage | ||||||||||||||
Time span formality | Formal | ||||||||||||||
Lower boundary definition | 8.2 kiloyear event | ||||||||||||||
Lower boundary GSSP | NGRIP1 ice core,Greenland 75°06′00″N42°19′12″W / 75.1000°N 42.3200°W /75.1000; -42.3200 | ||||||||||||||
Lower GSSP ratified | 14 June 2018[1] | ||||||||||||||
Upper boundary definition | 4.2 kiloyear event | ||||||||||||||
Upper boundary GSSP | Mawmluh Cave,Meghalaya,India 25°15′44″N91°42′54″E / 25.2622°N 91.7150°E /25.2622; 91.7150 | ||||||||||||||
Upper GSSP ratified | 14 June 2018[1] |
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In thegeologic time scale, theNorthgrippian is the middle one of threeages orstages of theHoloceneEpoch orSeries.[3][4][5][6] It was officially ratified by theInternational Commission on Stratigraphy in June 2018 along with the earlierGreenlandian and laterMeghalayan ages/stages. The age takes its name from theNorth Greenland Ice Core Project (NorthGRIP).[4] The age began 8,276BP (6326 BCE or 3854HE), near the8.2-kiloyear event, and goes up to the start of theMeghalayan, which began 4,200 BP (2250 BCE or 7750 HE), near the4.2-kiloyear event.[7]
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