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0.0117 L 2 Termination I - 14 ka 0.5 km 0.5 km

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core depth
Weichselian Devensian Valdaian Wisconsinan
t 4 5a 1.0 km
0.1 0.1 S1 0.1
e 0.121 Blake 5e Tyrrhenian 5 m_ Eemian Ipswichian Mikulinian Sangamonian
6 Termination II - 130 ka
NN21 CN15 CN15 2.0 km Warthe
2.0 km L2 Drenthe ‘Tottenhill’ Moscovian Illinoian Haweran
0.2 0.2 0.188 Iceland Basin 7a 0.2
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0.211 ?

Gt. truncatulinoides PRZ

0.239 Pringle Falls 7e
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9a L3
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3.3 km 20 m_
Termination V - 424 ka L5
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0.5 0.5 S5 Interglacial IV 0.5
l 14

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0.541 Big Lost Termination VI - 533 ka
15a Glacial c pre-Illinoian C
0.6 e 0.6 0.590
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Interglacial III Cromerian Muchkapian 0.6
16 Termination VII - 621 ka L6 30 m_ Glacial b Donian pre-Illinoian D
0.7 0.685
17 a 0.7 3.1 km S6 Interglacial II Ilynian 0.7

Gd. fistulosus – Gt. truncatuloides IZ

18 L7 68 m_
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0.774 19
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26 25
1.0 t i 1.0 0.990 1.0 Castlecliffian 1.0

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1.071 31 S11 Bavel
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1.123 Punaruu S12
34 L13
1.2 n o 1.2 1.187
1.208
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S13 Beestonian
pre-Illinoian G 1.2
a c
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Eopleistocene
37 S14
1.255 Bjorn 38 Menapian
S15
1.3 r e 40 1.3 1.3

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Emilian
42 S16
b 60 m_

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Tolucheevkian
1.475 Gardar 48 CN13 S19
S20 Waalian
Matuyama

1.5 50 1.5 S21

1.5
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E 54
S22

Santernian
1.584 Gilsa
1.6 1.6 1.6
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S23
70 m_

1.7 r 58 1.7 Eburonian pre-Illinoian H 1.7

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formal base formal base l 1.780
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GSSP
y 62 pre-Illinoian I
Quaternary Pleistocene
1.8 1.8 63 1.8 S25
77 m_
1.8
1948-2009 1948-2009 64 1.80 Pastonian
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D. altispira – Gt. pseudomiocenica IZ Gt.pseudomiocenica – Gd.fistulosus IZ

Khaprovian / Khapry
Olduvai 68

not named
1.9 1.9 1.9
D. altispira – Gd. fistulosus IZ

1.925 70 S26 Pre-Pastonian pre-Illinoian J

72 / Baventian
2.0 2.0 74 2.0 2.0
L27 Nukumaruan
76 Bramertonian

recent alternative chronostratigraphic correlation scheme

78 PL6 S27 / Antian
2.1 2.116 2.1 Tiglian 2.1
2.137 Réunion 80 S28

Late Pliocene
82 Thurnian
Gelasian

2.2 2.2 84 2.2 S29 2.2

86

Khaprovian
S30

Verkhodonian / Verkhodon
88
NN18 d
2.3 2.3 2.3
90 S31
D. altispira – Gt. miocenica IZ

92 Ludhamian
2.4 2.4 94 2.4 L32 2.4
96 CN12
100 m_
2.5
2009 IUGS-ICS 2009 IUGS-ICS
redefined redefined 98 2.5 Praetiglian 2.5
formal base formal base 100 PL5 S32 pre-Illinoian K
Quaternary Pleistocene
102 101 NN17 c Mangapanian
GSSP GSSP L33 M Pre-Ludhamian
2.6 2.595 103 2.58 2.6 252 m_
2.6

Verkhod.
104 G
Reuverian
Gauss

G1
Neog. Plio. Piac.
Piac.

G2 b ‘Red Clay’
G3 NN16 Waltonian
2.7 2.7 2.7
2.738 Porcupine
Major divisions Marine stage/zone divisions Antarctic Continental Asia Regional stage/substage divisions
GSSP = Global Stratotype Section and Point GSSP = Global Stratotype Section and Point: position

© K.M. Cohen 1 & P.L. Gibbard 2

1
Department of Physical Geography
35 th International Geological Congress International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
27 August - 4 September 2016 International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), 2
Quaternary Palaeoenvironments Group, Cambridge Quaternary
Cape Town, South Africa Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy (SQS). Stratigraphy and Chronology Commission (SACCOM). Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

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