Holocene definition

Holocene means the most recent epoch of the Quaternary period, extending from the end of the Pleistocene Epoch to the present.
Holocene means the most recent epoch of the Quaternary period, extending from the end of the Pleistocene Epoch, at 11,700 years before present, to present.
Holocene means the most recent epoch of the quater- nary period, extending from the end of the pleistocene to the pres- ent.

Examples of Holocene in a sentence

  • Locally, these sediments consist of varying combinations of clay, silt, sand, and gravel that represent interfingering of estuarine and fluvial depositional environments during the late Pleistocene and Holocene epochs.

  • Four regional subdivisions of the upper 250 feet of Quaternary sediments are as follows: • Holocene (Recent Interglacial Period) alluvium (A Aquifer zone) • Late Pleistocene (Wisconsinan Glacial Period) alluvium (B aquifer zone) • Late Pleistocene (Sangamon) Interglacial deposits (B/C acquitard) • Pleistocene (Illinoian Glacial Period) alluvium (C aquifer zone).

  • A pervasive millennial-scale cycle in North Atlantic Holocene and Glacial climates.

  • On the Washington side, Holocene deposits are 1 thin and archaeological remains are relatively close to the surface.

  • Because of its upland setting, generally lacking in geologically recent (Holocene) accumulated sediments, archaeological deposits would generally be found in the upper foot of soil, with the exception of intrusive cultural features (e.g., storage pits, root cellars, privies, ▇▇▇▇▇, and basements), or where material fill has been placed.


More Definitions of Holocene

Holocene means the most recent epoch of the Quaternary period, extending from the end of the Pleistocene Epoch to the present. See WAC 173-351-130 (5)(b)(iii).
Holocene means the most recent measure of geologic time period extending from the end of the Pleistocene period to the present.
Holocene means the most recent epoch of the Quaternary period,
Holocene. ’ means the most re- cent epoch of the Quaternary period, extending from the end of the Pleisto- cene to the present.
Holocene means the most recent epoch of the Quaternary period, extending from the end of the Pleistocene Epoch, at eleven thousand seven hundred years before present, to present.
Holocene. ’ means the most recent
Holocene means the most recent epoch of the Quaternary period, extending from the end of the Pleistocene Epoch to the present; "Holocene" is generally considered to be 10,000 years;