@inproceedings{39e621b9f0c64b6cbc42bd0cf872bbc2,
title = "Formal Subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch",
abstract = "This proposal, by a Working Group of Integration of ice-core, marine, and terrestrial records (INTIMATE) and the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy (SQS) of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), is for a formal subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch. Although previous attempts to subdivide the Holocene have proved inconclusive, recent developments in Quaternary stratigraphy, notably the definition of the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary and the emergence of formal subdivisions of the Pleistocene Series/Epoch, mean that it may be timely to revisit this matter. The Quaternary literature reveals a widespread but variable informal usage of a tripartite division of the Holocene ({"}early{"}, {"}middle{"} or {"}mid-{"}, and {"}late{"}), and we propose that this de facto subdivision should now be formalised to ensure consistency in stratigraphic terminology. We advocate a formal Early-Middle Holocene boundary at 8200 a BP and a formal Middle-Late Holocene boundary at 4200 a BP, each of which is linked to a Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP).",
keywords = "Holocene, Stratigraphic subdivision, 8.2 ka and 4.2 ka events, NGRIP ice, core, Mawmluh Cave stalagmite",
author = "Walker, {M. J. C.} and Gibbard, {P. L.} and M. Berkelhammer and Svante Bj{\"o}rck and Cwynar, {L. C.} and Fisher, {D. A.} and Long, {A. J.} and Lowe, {J. J.} and Newnham, {R. M.} and Rasmussen, {S. O.} and H. Weiss",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-04364-7_186",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-319-04363-0",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "983--987",
booktitle = "STRATI 2013",
address = "Germany",
note = "1st International Congress on Stratigraphy (STRATI) ; Conference date: 01-07-2013 Through 07-07-2013",
}
