Episodes 2008; 31(2): 264-267

Published online June 1, 2008

https://doi.org/10.18814/epiiugs/2008/v31i2/016

Copyright © International Union of Geological Sciences.

The Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Holocene Series/Epoch (Quaternary System/Period) in the NGRIP ice core

Mike Walker¹, Sigfus Johnsen², Sune Olander Rasmussen², Jørgen-Peder Steffensen², Trevor Popp³, Philip Gibbard⁴, Wim Hoek⁵, John Lowe⁶, John Andrews⁷, Svante Björck⁸, Les Cwynar⁹, Konrad Hughen¹⁰, Peter Kershaw¹¹, Bernd Kromer¹², Thomas Litt¹³, David J. Lowe¹⁴, Takeshi Nakagawa¹⁵, Rewi Newnham¹⁶, Jakob Schwander¹⁷

¹Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Wales, Lampeter, Wales SA48 7ED, UK.
²Centre for Ice and Climate, The Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
³Stable Isotope Laboratory,Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, Co 80302, USA.
⁴Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Downing Place, Cambridge CB2 3EN, UK.
⁵Department of Physical Geography, University of Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 2, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands.
⁶Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK.
⁷Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Campus Box, 450, Boulder, Co 80309, USA.
⁸GeoBiosphere Science Centre, Quaternary Sciences, Lund University, Sölveg 12, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden.
⁹Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada E3B 6E1.
¹⁰Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA.
¹¹School of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia.
¹²Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, University of Heidelberg, INF 229, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
¹³Institute for Palaeontology, University of Bonn, Nussallee 8, D-53115, Bonn, Germany.
¹⁴Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, New Zealand.
¹⁵Department of Geography, University of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.
¹⁶School of Geography, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK.
¹⁷Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.

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