The Pleistocene is the Quaternary epoch preceding the Holocene, approximately to million years ago.[ref] Marine oxygen isotope ratios provide evidence of changing ice volume and deep-water temperature across this interval; combining many sediment-core records reduces local noise but still requires an age model.[ref]

Ancestors (11)

  1. Quaternary
  2. Cenozoic
  3. Geological time scale
  4. Geology
  5. Earth
  6. Planet
  7. Planetary science
  8. Astrophysics
  9. Branches of physics
  10. Physics
  11. Home

Incoming links (10)

View article source

Discussion (0) New discussion

There are no discussions about this article yet.

Articles by others on the same topic (1)

Pleistocene by Ciro Santilli 40 Updated 2025-07-16
View more
Agriculture is not the official definition of the age. But it is good enough. Likely related to the official end of glaciations thing.
Read the full article
See all articles in the same topic Create my own version