Global chronostratigraphical correlation table for the last 2.7 million years

Abstract

The table provides a correlation of chronostratigraphical subdivisions of late Cenozoic geological time, spanning the last 2.7 million years. The formal division of the Quaternary is the responsibility of the IUGS International Commission on Stratigraphy’s (ICS) Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy (SQS), in partnership with the International Union for Quaternary Research’s (INQUA) Commission on Stratigraphy and Chronology (SACCOM). Previous versions of the chart (see website ) were published as Gibbard et al. 2004, 2005 and Gibbard & Cohen, 2008.