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... > geologic time scale > geological age > Phanerozoic > Cenozoic > Quaternary > Pleistocene > Middle Pleistocene > Mindel
natural phenomenon > climatic phenomenon > glaciation > Mindel
... > scientific discipline > stratigraphy > climatostratigraphy > climatostratigraphic period > glaciation > Mindel

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Mindel  

Definition

  • The Mindel glaciation (German: Mindel-Kaltzeit, also Mindel-Glazial, Mindel-Komplex or, colloquially, Mindel-Eiszeit) is the third youngest glacial stage in the Alps. Its name was coined by Albrecht Penck and Eduard Brückner, who named it after the Swabian river, the Mindel. The Mindel glacial occurred in the Middle Pleistocene; it was preceded by the Haslach-Mindel interglacial (often regarded as part of Günz) and succeeded by the Mindel-Riss interglacial (Holstein interglacial). The Mindel glaciation is commonly correlated to the Elster glaciation of northern Europe. The more precise timing is controversial since Mindel is commonly correlated to two different marine isotope stages, MIS 12 (478–424 thousand years ago) and MIS 10 (374–337 thousand years ago). (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindel_glaciation)

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  • Mindel glaciation
  • Mindel Stage

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  • Mindel

    French

  • glaciation de Mindel
  • glaciation du Mindel
  • glaciation Mindel
  • stade Mindel

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