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

Preferred term

Elster  

Definition

  • The Elster glaciation (German: Elster-Kaltzeit, Elster-Glazial or Elster-Zeit) or, less commonly, the Elsterian glaciation, in the older and popular scientific literature also called the Elster Ice Age (Elster-Eiszeit), is the oldest known ice age that resulted in the large-scale glaciation of North Germany. It took place 500,000–300,000 years ago. It succeeded a long period of rather warmer average temperatures, the Cromerian Complex. The Elster was followed by the Holstein interglacial and the Saale glaciation. The glacial period is named after the White Elster, a right tributary of the Saale. Traditionally, Elster was correlated with the Mindel glaciation of the Alps and the Anglian glaciation of Great Britain and Ireland. (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elster_glaciation)

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • Elster glaciation
  • Elsterian
  • Elsterian glaciation
  • Elsterian Stage
  • Elster Stage

In other languages

  • Elstérien

    French

  • glaciation elstérienne
  • stade Elster
  • stade elstérien

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