Definition of Holocene epoch

1. Noun. Approximately the last 10,000 years.

Exact synonyms: Holocene, Recent, Recent Epoch
Group relationships: Age Of Man, Quaternary, Quaternary Period
Generic synonyms: Epoch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Holocene Epoch

Holman Hunt
Holmes
Holmes' stain
Holmes-Adie pupil
Holmes-Adie syndrome
Holmes heart
Holmesian
Holmgren's wool test
Holmgren-Golgi canals
Holocanthus tricolor
Holocaust
Holocaust denial
Holocaust denier
Holocaust deniers
Holocene
Holocene epoch (current term)
Holocentridae
Holocentrus
Holocentrus ascensionis
Holocentrus bullisi
Holocentrus coruscus
Holofernes
Holothuria
Holothuria edulis
Holothuridae
Holothuroidea
Holstein
Holstein-Friesian
Holstein-Lewis fracture
Holt

Literary usage of Holocene epoch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"... 10000-11000 Holocene epoch (trace) 9000 5000 (trace) age? 11000-13000 Pleistocene Epoch age ? (1% pollen) 40000 (1% pollen) 20000 (trace) 10000 (trace) ..."

2. Landscape Archaeology in Southern Epirus, Greece 1 by James Wiseman (2003)
"... embayment during the Holocene epoch (10000 BP to present). RELATIVE SEA LEVEL AND LOCAL TECTONISM Change in relative sea ..."

3. Ecology, Diversity and Sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin edited by Deborah M. Finch, Joseph A. Tainter (1996)
"early Holocene epoch, the climate apparently dramatically changed to warmer and drier conditions. As a result, rich mixed coniferous forests expanded in ..."

4. A Briefer History of Time: From the Big Bang to the Big Mac by Eric Schulman (1999)
"We are currently in the Holocene epoch (9000 BC onwards) of the Quaternary Period (1.8 million BC. onwards) of the Cenozoic Era (65 million ..."

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