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Age
(Ma)
5
4
I
18
O
ocean
‰
0
100
200
St
units
Age
(Ma)
Subchrons
Excursion events
Holocen
e
0.0
S
0
2
4
Termination I
Weichselian
Eemian
Devensian
Ipswichian
L
1
5a
5e
0.1
0.12 Blake
S
1
6
Termination II
Warthe
Drenthe
'Tottenhill'
7a
7e
L
2
0.2
0.2
M
i
d
d
l
e
S
2
8
Wacken
/Dömnitz
Fuhne
9a
9e
L
3
L
4
0.3
S
3
S
4
1
0
1
2
Termination IV
11
0.4
Holsteinian
Hoxnian
0.42 Emperor
Termination V
L
5
Elsterian
Anglian
0.5
Interglacial IV
Glacial c
Interglacial III
Glacial b
Interglacial II
Glacial a
Interglacial I
1
4
S
5
15a
15c
0.6
Cromerian
0.6
1
6
L
6
S
6
0.7
1
8
L
7
L
8
S
7
S
8
0.78
19
0.8
2
0
2
2
2
4
2
6
2
8
3
0
3
2
3
4
3
6
3
8
L
9
L
10
L
11
L
12
L
13
L
14
0.9
Dorst
Leerdam
Q
u
a
t
e
r
n
a
r
y
P
l
e
i
s
t
o
c
e
n
e
S
9
0.99
1.0
1.0
Jaramillo
Linge
Bavel
S
12
1.07
1.1
S
13
S
14
Beestonian
1.2
1.2
1.22 Cobb
1.24 Mountain
Menapian
1.3
4
0
4
2
4
4
4
6
4
8
5
0
5
2
L
15
1.4
1.4
E
WS
1
Waalian
1.5
WL
1
a
5
4
1.6
WS
2
5
6
5
8
6
0
6
2
1.68 Gilsa
1.7
Eburonian
WL
2
r
1.77
1.8
1.8
63
C5-6
Pastonian
6
4
6
8
70
72
Olduvai
WS
3
l
1.9
Pre-Pastonian
/Baventian
C4c
1.95
74
76
78
80
82
8
4
8
6
2.0
2.0
y
Bramertonian
/Antian
Thurnian
C1-3
WL
3
2.1
2.14 Réunion
2.19
2.2
2.2
B
WS
4
8
8
9
0
9
2
9
4
2.3
2.33
2.39
A
Ludhamian
2.4
2.4
2.44 'X'
9
6
9
8
1
00
1
02
1
04
1
06
WL
4
Praetiglian
2.5
Pre-Ludhamian
2.58
103
Reuverian C
2.6
Waltonian
Reuverian B
2.7
Figure 23.9
Global chronostratigraphical correlation table for the Quaternary period, including palaeomagnetism, isotope
stages and composite Chinese loess.
Source: After Gibbard et al. (2005)
