In the geologic time scale, the Northgrippian is the middle one of three ages or stages of the Holocene Epoch or Series.
[3][4][5][6] It was officially ratified by the International Commission on Stratigraphy in June 2018 along with the earlier Greenlandian and later Meghalayan ages/stages.
The age takes its name from the North Greenland Ice Core Project (NorthGRIP).
[4] The age began 8,276 BP (6326 BCE or 3854 HE), near the 8.2-kiloyear event, and goes up to the start of the Meghalayan, which began 4,200 BP (2250 BCE or 7750 HE), near the 4.2-kiloyear event.
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