Global chronostratigraphical correlation table for the last 2.7 million years

1.8

1.584 Gilsa

1.780

2.0

2.1

2.116 2.137 Réunion

2.2

2.2

2.3 2.4

2.6 2.7

2009 IUGS-ICS 2009 IUGS-ICS

redefined redefined formal base formal base Quaternary Pleistocene

GSSP

Neog. Plio. Piac.

Gauss

2.5

2.4

Major divisions

2.595

2.738 Porcupine

68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 100 102 104 G2

PL6

101 103 G1 G3

PL5

composite core depth

20 m_

L5

L6

30 m_

L7

S6’

L8

S6

68 m_

S7

B M

S10 J S11 S12 L13 S13 L14 S14 S15 S16 S17 S18

1.1 1.2

NN19

b CN13

1.3 1.4

S20

1.5 1.6

GSSP

1.8

1.80

a

NN17 NN16

b

es

es

ag

ag St

an

nd la Ze a ew N

Interglacial I

Petropavlovian

Linge Bavel

Pastonian

Tiglian

Bramertonian / Antian Thurnian

Ludhamian

L32 100 m_

S32 252 m_

‘Red Clay’

Continental Asia

Praetiglian Pre-Ludhamian

Reuverian

0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9

pre-Illinoian F

Dorst Leerdam

Pre-Pastonian / Baventian

Antarctic

er ic A or th N pre-Illinoian E

Castlecliffian

Waltonian

1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6

pre-Illinoian H

1.7

pre-Illinoian I

1.8 1.9

pre-Illinoian J Nukumaruan

2.2 2.3 2.4 pre-Illinoian K

2.5 Mangapanian

Regional stage/substage divisions

1

27 August - 4 September 2016 Cape Town, South Africa

International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), Stratigraphy and Chronology Commission (SACCOM).

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Department of Physical Geography Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands 2 Quaternary Palaeoenvironments Group, Cambridge Quaternary Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

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2.6 2.7

© K.M. Cohen 1 & P.L. Gibbard 2

International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy (SQS).

2.0 2.1

GSSP = Global Stratotype Section and Point: position

35 th International Geological Congress

1.0 1.1

pre-Illinoian G

Eburonian

M G

m

Pl n Ru ss ia Pokrovian

70 m_

L33

St

es ag St n ai

es ag

Glacial a

S31

2.7

Muchkapian

0.2 0.3

pre-Illinoian C

Interglacial II

O

Haweran

pre-Illinoian B

pre-Illinoian D

77 m_

0.1

0.4

Donian Ilynian

S30

2.6

Likhvinian Okian

Waalian

S21 S22

Illinoian

0

pre-Illinoian A

Glacial b

S29

2.5 2.58

Cromerian

60 m_

S28

2.3

GSSP

Glacial c Interglacial III

Menapian

S27

2.4

c

Hoxnian Anglian

Interglacial IV

L27

2.2

CN12

es

Holsteinian Elsterian

S26

2.1

d

Wacken / Dömnitz Fuhne

‘Tottenhill’

140 m_

S19

S25

2.0

St

Sangamonian

Beestonian

S24

1.9

NN18

50 m_

S23

1.7

ag

Mikulinian Moscovian Dnieper

Bavelian

Sicilian

S9

1.0

St Ipswichian

40 m_

L9

sh

Eemian

S8

0.9

ea

Wisconsinan

Saalian

S3

3.0 km

3.2 km

Valdaian

Warthe Drenthe

S5

3.1 km

Devensian

5 m_

S4 2.8 km

Weichselian

14 m_

L3

Br iti

50 %

Krinitisian / Krinitsa

40

Neopleistocene

S1

30

Wolstonian

depth down section

L2

W es tE ur op

or th

N 20

S2 2.5 km

n

e

nc

ue

eB o a C ge i Bi

La k

ne

ka

se Lo e

lS

eq

ss S 3.3 km

om n i BD pos c S P- ite il BD 96 rec ic P- -1 [ ord a C 96 4, c o -2 6, oll n [G 7, atin te C- 12 g n 1,1 -1 ov t -4 9, 2 erl 9]; 2, ap BD 25 pin P- -27 g c 98 , 2 or [4] 9-3 e se 3, gm 48 e -5 nts 0];

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op Is ot ic ar ct nt

0.4

10

‘Cromerian complex’

Tarantian

Ionian

3.0 km

Ch i

an ‘S t

bi

Gt. truncatulinoides PRZ

0.3

0.8

Marine stage/zone divisions

GSSP = Global Stratotype Section and Point

A

d

Ita ar lia d M n M St ed a a ite rin ge rra e s n e S ta ’ ( an ge su Se s p er a

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63

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ra ife in ra m oz on on ic at F io o n

kt

eI sta so ck t

M ar in St ag e

60 62 64

2.5 km

0.7

58

1.925

2.0

46 48 50 52 54

a

56

Olduvai

1.9

37

PT1a

0.2

2.0 km

0

not named

E a r l y

1.475 Gardar

31

2.0 km

L1

0%

Tolucheevkian / Tolucheevka

1.4

Cobb Mountain 36 1.255 Bjorn 38 40 42 44

1.187 1.208

25

1.0 km

S0

% weight D >63 µm

Eopleistocene

1.2

19

1.0 km

0.6

Emilian

1.123 Punaruu

32 34

17

0.5 km

100 75 %

0.5

CN14

Termination VII - 621 ka

0.5 km

SUS 10 m / kg

Khaprovian

1948-2009

1.071

15a 15e

0

Age (Ma)

Verkhod.

1948-2009

Jaramillo

Termination VI - 533 ka

-400

recent alternative chronostratigraphic correlation scheme

1.8

former former formal base formal base Quaternary Pleistocene

0.990

Termination V - 424 ka

Oatm.‰ -450

0

-8 3

53º41’48”N 108º21’06”E

Khaprovian / Khapry

1.7

1.0

26 28 30

11

b

NN20

1

18

78.47ºS 106.86ºE 75.10ºS 123.35ºE

ChiLoPart time scale Section Jingbian Magnetic susceptibility 37º40’54”N Coarse grained admixture 108º31’15”E

Verkhodonian / Verkhodon

1.6

0.932 Santa Rosa

22 24

PT1b

18

Late Pliocene

1.5

0.885 Kamakitsura

20

Termination IV - 337 ka

cores Vostok and Dome-C (EDC)

0.1

Santernian

1.4

P l e i s t o c e n e

18

9a 9e

Calabrian

1.3

16

Termination III - 243 ka

Tyrrhenian

Gelasian

1.2

0.590

7a 7e

NN21 CN15 CN15

0

Piac.

1.1

Q u a t e r n a r y

14

Termination II - 130 ka

Gd. fistulosus – Gt. truncatuloides IZ

1.0

0.541 Big Lost

0.774

Matuyama

0.9

12

0.685

0.7 0.8

rm

al

0.6

10

5a 5e

D. altispira – Gt. pseudomiocenica IZ Gt.pseudomiocenica – Gd.fistulosus IZ

0.6

8

Termination I - 14 ka

Gd. fistulosus – Gt. tosaensis ISZ

0.5

6

Age (Ma)

Atlantic Indo-Pacific

D. altispira – Gd. fistulosus IZ

0.4

4

4

D. altispira – Gt. miocenica IZ

M i d d l e

0.188 Iceland Basin 0.211 ? 0.239 Pringle Falls

2

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bi

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0.121 Blake

Brunhes

0.3

Subchrons, Excursion events

0.041 Laschamp

0.2

0.2

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Pa

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0.0117

0.1

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