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EPOQUE POST-GLACIAIRE [2 records]

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Record 1 2004-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Petrography
  • Geology
  • Archaeology
DEF

An epoch of the Quaternary period, from the end of the Pleistocene, approximately 10,000 years ago, to the present time; also, the corresponding series of rocks and deposits.

CONT

Post-glacial: ... refers to an interval of time when all glacial ice disappeared to the present moment. This encompasses about 10,000 years or so but nobody knows when all the ice actually melted.

CONT

The deposits range in age from 1900 Ma to recent.

OBS

When the Quaternary is designated as an era, the Holocene is considered to be a period.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Pétrographie
  • Géologie
  • Archéologie
DEF

Seconde époque du Quaternaire qui débute avec la fin du Pléistocène [et] couvre les 10 derniers millénaires.

CONT

Le Postglaciaire (on dit aussi Holocène) est marqué par le réchauffement général du climat et ses conséquences : fonte des glaciers, remontée du niveau de la mer [...] Le Postglaciaire débute vers 8000 avant J.-C. et se poursuit actuellement.

CONT

L’âge des gîtes se situe entre 1 900 Ma et l’Holocène.

OBS

«Le Récent» a parfois été utilisé pour désigner cette époque. Le terme «Holocène» a cependant la préférence de l’INQUA [International Union for Quaternay Research] et a été officiellement adopté par le USGS [United States Geological Survey] en 1967.

OBS

L'époque actuelle est dite post-glaciaire [...]. Mais comme l'époque glaciaire ne s’est pas terminée simultanément sur toute la terre, il vaut mieux dire : récent [...] ou holocène [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cronología
  • Petrografía
  • Geología
  • Arqueología
DEF

Período superior de la Era Cuaternaria, de una duración aproximada de 11.000 años.

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Record 2 1980-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
OBS

Post-glacial alluvium is the material that has been deposited on the river bottom by the action of the river since the last glacial retreat. The depth of this material indicates the depth to which the river had been able to scour the bottom in the past.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie

Spanish

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