Holocene Synonyms

hŏlə-sēn, hōlə-
Approximately the last 10,000 years
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Holocene epoch
  2. recent
  3. Recent epoch

Words Related to Holocene

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. pleistocene
  2. Weichselian
  3. cenozoic
  4. mid-holocene
  5. postglacial
  6. lateglacial
  7. post-glacial
  8. Devensian
  9. pliocene
  10. glaciation
  11. late-glacial
  12. quaternary
  13. eocene
  14. interglacial
  15. cretaceous
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Holocene Sentence Examples

  • Currently, many regions seem to lie midway between Holocene extremes.

  • It contributes between 10% to 40% to the total ammonium deposited on the central Greenland ice sheet during the Holocene.

  • Their present morphology was shaped principally during the last glacial cycle (the Midlandian ), with subsequent modification throughout the post-glacial Holocene period.

  • Since then, Holocene sedimentation has been dominated by along slope transport by bottom currents.

  • Much of the infilling probably occurred early in the Holocene, as the landscape adjusted to increasingly temperate conditions.

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