“Holocene”的概念、定义、翻译、参考文献-科学参考

Holocene

Biology

The most recent geological epoch of the Quaternary period, comprising roughly the past 11 700 years since the end of the Pleistocene up to the present. It follows the final glacial of the Pleistocene and thus is sometimes known as the Postglacial epoch. Some geologists consider the Holocene to be an interglacial phase of the Pleistocene that will be followed by another glacial. See also anthropocene.

Geology and Earth Sciences

Epoch that covers the last 11 000 years. It is often referred to as Recent or Post-Glacial. The Holocene is divided into three ages/stages: Greenlandian, Northgrippian, and Meghalayan. See also flandrian.

Geography

The most recent geological epoch, stretching from 11 000 years ago to the present day. The Holocene may be divided into:

See K. Alverson (2004) on global change in the Holocene.

During the early Holocene, atmospheric methane (CH₄) concentrations gradually decreased and then reversed direction around 5000 years ago. This latter is the late Holocene methane anomaly; see Singarayer et al. (2011) Nature, 470, 82 for the orbital explanation, and Zhou (2012) Holocene 22, 731, who ascribes it to the expansion of early rice paddy fields.

Early Holocene	Preboreal	10,300 ± 200 years bp
	Boreal	9,000—7,000 years bp
	Atlantic	7,000–5, 000 years bp
Mid-Holocene	Sub-Boreal	5,000–2,5 00 ka) years bp
Late Holocene	Sub-Atlantic	2,500 years bp–present