International Chronostratigraphic Chart

Stratotype Point Base of Holocene

http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/BaseHoloceneSP

ratified GSSP true
boundary level 1492.45m depth in Borehole NGRIP2
comment NorthGRIP ice core, central Greenland
correlation event Climatic -- End of the Younger Dryas cold ellSP, which is reflected in a shift in deuterium excess values
dc source
Episodes 31/2, 2008
J. Quaternary Sci., Vol. 24 pp. 3–17, 2009
see also
Holocene_JQuatSci090SP.pdf original
Holocene.pdf original
index.html original
status Ratified 2008
type
StratigraphicPoint original
Resource original
shape Location of Stratotype Point Base of Holocene original