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- n. geology The geological period of the Cenozoic Era immediately following the Tertiary. It is subdivided into the Pleistocene and the Holocene Epochs.
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“However, the International Commission on Stratigraphy has recently decided to stop endorsing the terms Quaternary and Tertiary as part of the formal nomenclature.”
“Today there is little argument about our ability to trace the broad lines of man's fossil history for some half million years and, controversially, even for two to three million years, almost to the beginning of what is called the Quaternary geological period, of which the last fifteen thousand years are styled the Holocene or Recent epoch.”
“And the bones of man himself appear, extending through what is known as the Quaternary or Pleistocene period.”
“Thus it is that Unity, complete in the fecundity of the Ternary, forms, with it, the Quaternary, which is the key of all numbers, movements, and forms.”
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“* In order from oldest to youngest, the extinction events considered by biologists and paleontologists to be the most severe in the earth's history are the Ordovician – Silurian extinction event, the Late Devonian extinction, the Permian – Triassic extinction event, the Triassic – Jurassic extinction event, the Cretaceous – Tertiary extinction event, and the Quaternary-Holocene extinction event (currently underway).”
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“(21 May 2010) * In order from oldest to youngest, the extinction events considered by biologists and paleontologists to be the most severe in the earth's history are the Ordovician – Silurian extinction event, the Late Devonian extinction, the Permian – Triassic extinction event, the Triassic – Jurassic extinction event, the Cretaceous – Tertiary extinction event, and the Quaternary-Holocene extinction event (currently underway).”
"I wonder what you've got conspired. I'm sure it dons a consolation prize."
“Research published in the Journal of Quaternary Science suggests the 2 degrees Celsius limit of warming deemed "safe" by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and U.N. probably isn't, echoing claims made by NASA researcher James Hansen and climate advocate Bill McKibben of 350. org.”
“[For details, see Richard Foster Flint, Glacial and Quaternary Geology (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1971), pp. 84, 315 – 342.]”
“It is late Tertiary or early Quaternary with two extinct volcanoes, Mount Kahuzi (3,308 m) and Mount Biéga (2,790 m).”
“The Quaternary period – which covers most of the recent period of vacillation between ice ages and pluvial ages – is the exception rather than the rule.”
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