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Holocene/Recent
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
Holocene/Recent The Holocene is the later of the two epochs of the Quaternary Period, the earlier...man should be designated as Recent. The term is synonymous with Holocene, which was the term agreed for the post-Pleistocene by the International...
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Holocene epoch
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Holocene epoch or Recent epoch, most recent of...preceding Pleistocene epoch . During the Holocene epoch, the sculpturing of the earth...most significant development during the Holocene was the rise of modern humans, who are...
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Holocene
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Holocene ( Recent epoch ) Division of geological time extending from c. 10,000 years ago to the present. It includes the emergence of humans as settled members of communities; the first known villages date from c. 8000 years ago.
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coral terraces
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...rates of uplift in both areas to be tracked through time. Holocene coral terraces fringing the older terraces along rapidly uplifting...series of small terraces. At Huon Peninsula, for example, the Holocene coral terrace reaches up to 25 m in elevation but it is subdivided...
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Barrier islands
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...islands are geologically young features that formed during the Holocene epoch (approximately the last 10,000 years). During that...thought to have migrated 40-50 mi (64-80 km) during the Holocene epoch. Individual barrier islands do not stand alone; instead...
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Quaternary period
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...period to the present, it is divided into the Pleistocene and Holocene , or Recent, epochs. It was named (1759) by Giovanni Arduino...to isostatic rebound (see continent ) of the crust in the Holocene. In the Quaternary the climate and present physical features...
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Pleistocene
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...after which even younger sediments, or volcanic rocks, of the Holocene epoch were deposited. Lyell had in 1833 described marine sequences...have so far eluded us on land, and the entire Pleistocene and Holocene timetable of climatic change in this part of Europe is a major...
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Food Producers
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
...years, food production is relatively recent, spanning the Holocene epoch or last ten to eleven millennia. The two thousand or...domesticated relatively early on. From the beginning of the Holocene, plants and animals have been selectively bred to provide...
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Quaternary
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...associated rapid changes of sea level. It is divided into the Holocene epoch, dating back to 0.01 Ma and the Pleistocene epoch...Eurasia during the early Pleistocene. Migration continued into Holocene time, accompanied by stone-based and more advanced cultures...
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Younger Dryas stade
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...beginning of the present interglacial period (i. e. the Holocene). In geological terms, it was a relatively brief and minor...snow accumulation about half of that for the succeeding early Holocene. This evidence for low precipitation is compatible with the...
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