沖ちゅう積せき世せい

noun

alluvial epoch; Holocene epoch

Geological term for the current epoch, also known as the Holocene. Often used in older or Japanese-language geological contexts; the modern international term 完新世 (かんしんせい) is more common today.

See also: 完新世

• 沖ちゅう積せき世せいは約やく1いち万まん年ねん前まえから現げん在ざいまで続つづく地ち質しつ時じ代だいです。

  The alluvial epoch is a geological period that has continued from about 10,000 years ago to the present.