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The newly-ratified definition of the Quaternary System/Period and redefinition of the Pleistocene Series/Epoch, and comparison of proposals advanced prior to formal ratification

Philip L. Gibbard Martin J. Head

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competing proposals had been advanced: a 'Neogene' proposal advocated by the ICS Subcommission on Neogene Stratigraphy, and a 'Quaternary' proposal championed by the ICS Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy. The status quo

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a31dffd2a26219c96521f99 https://doi.org/10.18814/epiiugs/2010/v33i3/002

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