TheMindel glaciation (German:Mindel-Kaltzeit, alsoMindel-Glazial,Mindel-Komplex or, colloquially,Mindel-Eiszeit) is the third youngestglacial stage in theAlps. Its name was coined byAlbrecht Penck andEduard Brückner, who named it after the Swabian river, theMindel. The Mindel glacial occurred in theMiddle Pleistocene; it was preceded by theHaslach-Mindel interglacial (often regarded as part ofGünz) and succeeded by theMindel-Riss interglacial (Holstein interglacial).
The Mindel glaciation is commonly correlated with theElster glaciation of northern Europe. The more precise timing is controversial since Mindel is commonly correlated to two differentmarine isotope stages, MIS 12[1] (478–424 thousand years ago[2]) and MIS 10[3] (374–337 thousand years ago[2]). This ambiguity is much related to the correlation problem described in more detail in the article 'Elster glaciation'.
The cold and warm periods of theQuaternary in the Alpine region | ||
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