Greenlandian stage
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The Greenlandian stage is a subdivision of the Holocene Epoch, a geologic time period that began approximately 11,700 years ago and continues to the present. This stage is defined by data from Greenland ice cores and marks the beginning of the Holocene. The Holocene Epoch itself is characterized by warmer climates following the last glacial stage of the Pleistocene Epoch.1
The Holocene Epoch was officially divided into three stages by the International Union of Geological Sciences in June 2018:1
* Greenlandian stage: 11,700 to 8,300 years ago.
* Northgrippian stage: 8,300 to 4,200 years ago.
* Meghalayan stage: 4,200 years ago to the present.
The Greenlandian stage's onset is linked to the end of the last minor glacial advance in Scandinavia and the subsequent warming trend.1
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