In chronostratigraphy, a stage is a Geologic record laid down in an single age on the geologic timescale, which usually represents millions of years of deposition.... whose belonging to either the Pliocene
Pliocene
The Pliocene epoch is the period in the geologic timescale that extends from 5.332 million to 1.806 million years before present.The Pliocene is the second epoch of the Neogene period in the Cenozoic era.... or the Pleistocene
Pleistocene
The Pleistocene is the epoch from 1.8 million to 10,000 years Before Present covering the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek and .... Epochs is currently discussed. It spans the time between 2.588 ± 0.005 mya
Mya (unit)
In astronomy, geology, and paleontology, mya or "m.y.a." is an abbreviation for "million years ago". Like the related unit bya, mya is traditionally written in lower case.... (million years ago) and 1.806 ± 0.005 mya.. The Gelasian correlates with the period covering the deposition of the Red Crag of Butley
Butley, Suffolk
Butley is a village and civil parish in the England county of Suffolk.Butley lies east of the town of Woodbridge, Suffolk on the B1084 road. Administratively, Butley forms part of the Suffolk Coastal district.... and Newbourn and the Norwich and Weybourn Crags, all from East Anglia
East Anglia
East Anglia is a region of eastern England. It was named after one of the ancient Heptarchy, the Kingdom of the East Angles, which was in turn named after the homeland of the Angles, Angeln, in northern Germany.... (England). Likewise the Gelasian is an equivalent of the Praetiglian and Tiglian stages as defined in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east.... .
The International Union for Quaternary science was founded in 1928. It has members from a number of scientific disciplines who study the Natural environment changes that occurred during the Ice age, the last 2.6 million years.... (INQUA) has proposed that the Gelasian be moved from the Pliocene
Pliocene
The Pliocene epoch is the period in the geologic timescale that extends from 5.332 million to 1.806 million years before present.The Pliocene is the second epoch of the Neogene period in the Cenozoic era.... to the Pleistocene
Pleistocene
The Pleistocene is the epoch from 1.8 million to 10,000 years Before Present covering the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek and .... in order that the geologic time scale
Geologic time scale
File:Geologic clock.jpgThe geologic time scale is a chronology schema relating stratigraphy to time that is used by geologys and other earth sciences scientists to describe the timing and relationships between events that have occurred during the history of the Earth.... be more consistent with the key changes in Earth's climate, oceans, and biota that occurred then (2.588 mya) and corresponding to the Gauss-Matuyama magnetostratigraphic boundary
Gauss-Matuyama reversal
The Gauss-Matuyama Reversal was a geologic event approximately 2.588 million years ago when the Earth magnetic field underwent Geomagnetic reversal.... .
