Atlantic period

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European Middle Neolithic, a flourishing of culture c.4000 BC. Source: Creative Commons


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The Atlantic period is a post-Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) European climate regime. This refers to the period from about 6,000-3,000 BC that spans most of the warmest postglacial times. It is also known as the Postglacial Climatic Optimum.

This article is written at a definitional level only. Authors wishing to expand this entry are inivited to expand the present treatment, which additions will be peer reviewed.

The Atlantic period was preceded by the Boreal period and followed by the Sub-Boreal period.

The Atlantic period is also part of the current geological epoch known as Holocene which began about 11,700 years ago (9700 BC) and continues up to the present.

Divisions of the Holocene

The principal divisions of the Holocene are:

See Also

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Citation

Peter Saundry & David Baum (2012). Atlantic period. ed. C. Michael Hogan. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and Environment. Retrieved from http://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/Atlantic_period