Quaternary
Quaternary
Hierarchy: | Phanerozoic Cenozoic Quaternary |
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Classification: | Period (as per International Commission on Stratigraphy) |
Top: | 0 Ma |
Base: | 2.588 Ma |
Follows: | Neogene Pliocene Piacenzian |
Primary Divisions: | AnthropoceneHolocenePleistocene |
FGDC code: | Q |
The current and most recent period of the Cenozoic Era.
Geologic Events
Event Name | Type | Age | Area |
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Island Park Caldera super-eruption | Volcanic Activity | 2.1 Ma | Idaho and Wyoming, USA |
Andean orogeny (concludes) | Orogeny | Maximum Age: 200 Ma | South America |
Overview of geological time
List all geological events