Meghalayan Age
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Meghalayan Age is the most recent and current age of the Holocene Epoch, defined by a global climatic event that began about 4,200 years ago and significantly affected human civilizations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meghalayan Age canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4303672 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meghalayan Age Context triple: [Meghalayan, formalName, Meghalayan Age]
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A.
Rhyacian Period
The Rhyacian Period is a geologic time interval in the early Proterozoic characterized by significant crustal growth, widespread metamorphism, and some of the earliest known large-scale glaciations.
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B.
Pridoli Epoch
The Pridoli Epoch is the final epoch of the Silurian Period, marking a transitional interval in Earth’s history just before the onset of the Devonian.
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C.
Calymmian Period
The Calymmian Period is the earliest division of the Mesoproterozoic Era, marked by the stabilization and expansion of continental crust and the development of large sedimentary basins roughly 1.6 to 1.4 billion years ago.
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D.
Cisuralian Epoch
The Cisuralian Epoch is the earliest subdivision of the Permian, marking a time of significant diversification of terrestrial life and continued development of early amniotes following the late Paleozoic ice age.
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E.
Statherian Period
The Statherian Period is the final division of the Paleoproterozoic Era, marked by the stabilization of continental cratons and significant crustal growth roughly 1.8 to 1.6 billion years ago.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meghalayan Age Target entity description: Meghalayan Age is the most recent and current age of the Holocene Epoch, defined by a global climatic event that began about 4,200 years ago and significantly affected human civilizations.
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A.
Rhyacian Period
The Rhyacian Period is a geologic time interval in the early Proterozoic characterized by significant crustal growth, widespread metamorphism, and some of the earliest known large-scale glaciations.
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B.
Pridoli Epoch
The Pridoli Epoch is the final epoch of the Silurian Period, marking a transitional interval in Earth’s history just before the onset of the Devonian.
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C.
Calymmian Period
The Calymmian Period is the earliest division of the Mesoproterozoic Era, marked by the stabilization and expansion of continental crust and the development of large sedimentary basins roughly 1.6 to 1.4 billion years ago.
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D.
Cisuralian Epoch
The Cisuralian Epoch is the earliest subdivision of the Permian, marking a time of significant diversification of terrestrial life and continued development of early amniotes following the late Paleozoic ice age.
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E.
Statherian Period
The Statherian Period is the final division of the Paleoproterozoic Era, marked by the stabilization of continental cratons and significant crustal growth roughly 1.8 to 1.6 billion years ago.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chronostratigraphic unit
ⓘ
geologic age ⓘ |
| boundaryDefinedBy |
geochemical signal in Mawmluh Cave stalagmites
ⓘ
stable oxygen isotope shift in speleothems ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
global cooling
ⓘ
major changes in monsoon patterns ⓘ significant impacts on human civilizations ⓘ widespread aridification ⓘ |
| climateContext | Late Holocene climate variability ⓘ |
| correlatesWith | 4.2 ka BP event in many regional climate records ⓘ |
| definedBy | International Commission on Stratigraphy ⓘ |
| definedByEvent |
4.2 kiloyear climatic event
ⓘ
abrupt global drought event ⓘ |
| endTime | present ⓘ |
| follows | Northgrippian Age ⓘ |
| geologicTimeScalePosition | youngest formally defined age of the Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ |
| GSSPLocation |
Mawmluh Cave
ⓘ
Mawmluh Cave, Meghalaya, India ⓘ |
| GSSPType | speleothem record ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | Meghalayan ⓘ |
| impactOn |
Indus Valley Civilization
ⓘ
linked to:
Indus Valley
ancient Egyptian Old Kingdom ⓘ ancient Near Eastern civilizations ⓘ civilizations in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Cenozoic Era
ⓘ
linked to:
Cenozoic
Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ Quaternary Period ⓘ
linked to:
Quaternary period
|
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Meghalaya
ⓘ
Meghalaya state in India ⓘ
linked to:
Meghalaya
|
| partOf |
Holocene Epoch
ⓘ
linked to:
Holocene
|
| precededBy | Northgrippian Age ⓘ |
| rank | uppermost age of the Holocene ⓘ |
| ratificationYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| ratifiedBy | International Union of Geological Sciences ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Anthropocene (proposed epoch)
ⓘ
linked to:
Anthropocene
|
| startTime |
approximately 2250 BCE
ⓘ
approximately 4,200 years before present ⓘ |
| status | current official upper subdivision of the Holocene Epoch ⓘ |
| stratotypeSection | Mawmluh Cave speleothem sequence ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Late Holocene ⓘ |
| timeScale | International Chronostratigraphic Chart ⓘ |
| usedInDiscipline |
Quaternary science
ⓘ
paleoclimatology ⓘ stratigraphy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Meghalayan Age Description of subject: Meghalayan Age is the most recent and current age of the Holocene Epoch, defined by a global climatic event that began about 4,200 years ago and significantly affected human civilizations.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Mawmluh Cave, Meghalaya, India