The present interglacial, which is the most recent of the Quaternary Ice Age. During this time, there has been a global rise in sea level known as the Flandrian transgression due to the melting of ice sheets and glaciers. The Flandrian is divided into the pre-Boreal, Boreal, and Atlantic. See pleistocene chronology.
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- Pre-Boreal
- Boreal
- Flandrian Stage (in archaeology)
- Atlantic Phase (in archaeology)
- Pre-Boreal Phase (in archaeology)
- Sub-Atlantic Phase (in archaeology)
- Sub-Boreal Phase (in archaeology)
- Holocene (in archaeology)
- Boreal Phase (in archaeology)
- Bølling (in archaeology)
- Pleistocene (in archaeology)
- Devensian Stage (in archaeology)
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