Holocene epoch
Holocene epoch
| Noun | 1. | Holocene epoch - approximately the last 10,000 years |
| 单词 | holocene epoch | |||
| 释义 | Holocene epochHolocene epoch
Holocene epochSee also: Geologic Timescale (table)Geologic Timescale Holocene epoch(hŏl`əsēn) orRecent epoch,most recent of all subdivisions of geologic time, ranging from the present back to the time (c.11,000 years ago) of almost complete withdrawal of the glaciers of the preceding Pleistocene epochPleistocene epoch, 6th epoch of the Cenozoic era of geologic time (see Geologic Timescale, table). According to a classification that considered its deposits to have been formed by the biblical great flood, the epoch was originally called the Quaternary. ..... Click the link for more information. . During the Holocene epoch, the sculpturing of the earth's surface to its present form was completed. Withdrawal of the glacial ice resulted in the development of the present-day drainage basins of the Missouri and Ohio rivers, the development of the Great Lakes, and a global rise in sea level of up to 100 ft (30 m) as the glacial meltwater was returned to the seas. Warming climates resulted in the poleward migration of plants and animals. The most significant development during the Holocene was the rise of modern humans, who are thought to have first appeared in the late Pleistocene. All of the races of modern humans were fully developed, with eventual worldwide distribution. Human culture developed during this epoch from a primitive one to the complex industrial society of today, in which humans themselves have become a significant factor in altering the earth's surface environment. As a result of extensive human influence on the environment, some have argued that "Anthropocene epoch" should be used instead of Holocene epoch for recent time, but the term has not been accepted by geologists. There is disagreement even among advocates of the use of the term concerning when the Anthropocene should be considered to have begun, with some suggesting that the entire Holocene Epoch be renamed, and others suggesting that the Anthropocene began c.A.D. 900 or with the Industrial RevolutionIndustrial Revolution, See Geologic TimescaleGeologic Timescale Holocene Epochthe Postglacial epoch, the contemporary geological epoch containing the existing, still unended section of the Antropogenic (Quaternary) period of earth’s geologic history. The beginning of the Holocene epoch coincided with the last continental glaciation in northern Europe, and it is considered to date from the glacier’s retreat from the Salpausselkä recessional moraines in southern Finland, which began about 10,000 years ago. The Holocene epoch is divided into sections corresponding to the successive stages of changes in climate, which are established primarily by studying remains of vegetation in contemporary peat bogs. During the Holocene epoch dry land and oceans took on their present outlines, geographic zones were established, and the floodplain terraces of rivers were formed. Almost two-thirds of the Holocene epoch has occurred in historic times. E. V. SHANTSER Holocene epochHolocene epochorRecent epochthat part of GEOLOGICAL TIME which has elapsed since the last ice age ended; the last 10,000 years of the QUATERNARY PERIOD.Holocene epoch
Synonyms for Holocene epoch
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