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Defining the Quaternary

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Pillans, Bradley; Naish, Tim

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The Quaternary System is under threat of extinction as a chronostratigraphic unit in the international Geological Time Scale. In its place, the Neogene System (previously comprising Miocene and Pliocene Series), is to be extended to include the Pleistocene and Holocene Series. It may be possible to "save" the Quaternary by defining it as a Subsystem of the Neogene. In doing so, it would be an opportune time to extend the base of the Quaternary to 2.6 Ma to encompass the time during which (1)...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorPillans, Bradley
dc.contributor.authorNaish, Tim
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T22:49:04Z
dc.date.available2015-12-13T22:49:04Z
dc.identifier.issn0277-3791
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/80365
dc.description.abstractThe Quaternary System is under threat of extinction as a chronostratigraphic unit in the international Geological Time Scale. In its place, the Neogene System (previously comprising Miocene and Pliocene Series), is to be extended to include the Pleistocene and Holocene Series. It may be possible to "save" the Quaternary by defining it as a Subsystem of the Neogene. In doing so, it would be an opportune time to extend the base of the Quaternary to 2.6 Ma to encompass the time during which (1) Earth's climate has been strongly influenced by bi-polar glaciation, and (2) the genus Homo first appeared and evolved.
dc.publisherPergamon-Elsevier Ltd
dc.sourceQuaternary Science Reviews
dc.titleDefining the Quaternary
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.citationvolume23
dc.date.issued2004
local.identifier.absfor040311 - Stratigraphy (incl. Biostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy)
local.identifier.ariespublicationMigratedxPub8632
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationPillans, Bradley, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationNaish, Tim, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage2271
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage2282
local.identifier.doi10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.07.006
dc.date.updated2015-12-11T10:32:29Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-9244229609
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