Holoceneadj.n.

/ˈhɒləʊsiːn/

Forms: Also holocene.

Etymology: < French holocène, < holo- comb. form + -cène -cene comb. form.

Geology.

A. adj.

Of, pertaining to, or designating the most recent geological epoch, which began approximately 10,000 years ago and still continues and which together with the Pleistocene epoch makes up the Quaternary period.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [adjective] > quaternary > Holocene

recent1833

Holocene1897

1867 P. Gervais Recherches sur l'Ancienneté de l'Homme et la Période quaternaire ii. 32 Les dépôts récents que j'avais proposé, il y a plusieurs années, de nommer holocènes.]

1897 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 53 434 Mollusca from the Holocene deposits of the Kennet Valley at Newbury.

1910 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 618/1 The Holocene formations obviously include all the varieties of deposits which are accumulating at the present day.

1928 V. G. Childe Most Anc. East x. 229 In late quaternary and early holocene times.

1935 Nature 7 Sept. 353/1 The pauses in the contraction of the lake must be due to increased rainfall, but nothing like a ‘pluvial period’ is admitted in holocene times.

1963 R. Carrington Million Years of Man xiii. 164 In this Holocene epoch..the hunters and food-gatherers of Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic times adopted an entirely new mode of existence.

B. n.

This geological epoch.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [noun] > quaternary > specific

recent1833

Pleistocene1852

Holocene1914

Gamblian1929

Flandrian1968

1904 Guide Fossil Mammals Brit. Mus. Geol. Time Scale facing p. xvi Holocene..Present Day.]

1914 Brit. Mus.: Return 200 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 186) LXXI. 193 Non-marine shells from..the Holocene of Newquay, Cornwall.

1927 H. Peake & H. J. Fleure Apes & Men 14 The Holocene is more often called the Recent Period.

1971 Nature 24 Sept. 281/1 A considerable isostatic rise in the land must have occurred in the late Pleistocene with continuation in the Holocene.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	holocene
释义	Holoceneadj.n. /ˈhɒləʊsiːn/ Forms: Also holocene. Etymology: < French holocène, < holo- comb. form + -cène -cene comb. form. Geology. A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating the most recent geological epoch, which began approximately 10,000 years ago and still continues and which together with the Pleistocene epoch makes up the Quaternary period. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [adjective] > quaternary > Holocene recent1833 Holocene1897 1867 P. Gervais Recherches sur l'Ancienneté de l'Homme et la Période quaternaire ii. 32 Les dépôts récents que j'avais proposé, il y a plusieurs années, de nommer holocènes.] 1897 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 53 434 Mollusca from the Holocene deposits of the Kennet Valley at Newbury. 1910 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 618/1 The Holocene formations obviously include all the varieties of deposits which are accumulating at the present day. 1928 V. G. Childe Most Anc. East x. 229 In late quaternary and early holocene times. 1935 Nature 7 Sept. 353/1 The pauses in the contraction of the lake must be due to increased rainfall, but nothing like a ‘pluvial period’ is admitted in holocene times. 1963 R. Carrington Million Years of Man xiii. 164 In this Holocene epoch..the hunters and food-gatherers of Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic times adopted an entirely new mode of existence. B. n. This geological epoch. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [noun] > quaternary > specific recent1833 Pleistocene1852 Holocene1914 Gamblian1929 Flandrian1968 1904 Guide Fossil Mammals Brit. Mus. Geol. Time Scale facing p. xvi Holocene..Present Day.] 1914 Brit. Mus.: Return 200 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 186) LXXI. 193 Non-marine shells from..the Holocene of Newquay, Cornwall. 1927 H. Peake & H. J. Fleure Apes & Men 14 The Holocene is more often called the Recent Period. 1971 Nature 24 Sept. 281/1 A considerable isostatic rise in the land must have occurred in the late Pleistocene with continuation in the Holocene. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1897
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