In the geologic time scale, the Greenlandian is the earliest age or lowest stage of the Holocene Epoch or Series, part of the Quaternary.[3][4] Beginning in 11,650 BP (9701 BCE or 300 HE) and ending with the 8.2-kiloyear event (c. 8200–8300 BP, 6200–6300 BCE, 3600–3700 HE), it is the earliest of three sub-divisions of the Holocene.[5] It was officially ratified by the International Commission on Stratigraphy in June 2018 with the later Northgrippian and Meghalayan Ages/Stages.[4] The lower boundary of the Greenlandian Age is the GSSP sample from the North Greenland Ice Core Project in central Greenland (75.1000°N 42.3200°W).[6] The Greenlandian GSSP has been correlated with the end of Younger Dryas (from near-glacial to interglacial) and a "shift in deuterium excess values".[6]
Greenlandian | ||||||
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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 | End of the Younger Dryas stadial | |||||
Lower boundary GSSP | NGRIP2 ice core, Greenland 75°06′00″N 42°19′12″W / 75.1000°N 42.3200°W | |||||
Lower GSSP ratified | 14 June 2018 (as base of Greenlandian)[1] | |||||
Upper boundary definition | 8.2 kiloyear event | |||||
Upper boundary GSSP | NGRIP1 ice core, Greenland 75°06′00″N 42°19′12″W / 75.1000°N 42.3200°W | |||||
Upper GSSP ratified | 14 June 2018[1] |