Meghalayan Age – latest time of Earth history

IUGS has named a portion of an Indian stalagmite that defines the beginning of the Meghalayan Age. Earth scientists have classified the last 4,200 years as being of a distinct age in the history of our planet. Its Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) is a Mawmluh cave formation in Meghalaya, northeast India. Mawmluh cave is one of the longest and deepest caves in India, and conditions here were suitable for preserving chemical signs of the transition in ages. The Meghalayan begins 4,200 years BP.

According to scientists the Meghalayan Age was marked by a mega-drought that crushed a number of civilisations worldwide. These all record major climate events. The Meghalayan, the youngest stage, runs from 4,200 years ago to the present. It began with a destructive drought, whose effects lasted two centuries, and severely disrupted civilisations in Egypt, Greece, Syria, Palestine, Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley, and the Yangtze River Valley.

IUGS has named a portion of an Indian stalagmite that defines the beginning of the Meghalayan Age. Earth scientists have classified the last 4,200 years as being of a distinct age in the history of our planet. Its Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) is a Mawmluh cave formation in Meghalaya, northeast India. Mawmluh cave is one of the longest and deepest caves in India, and conditions here were suitable for preserving chemical signs of the transition in ages. The Meghalayan begins 4,200 years BP.

According to scientists the Meghalayan Age was marked by a mega-drought that crushed a number of civilisations worldwide. These all record major climate events. The Meghalayan, the youngest stage, runs from 4,200 years ago to the present. It began with a destructive drought, whose effects lasted two centuries, and severely disrupted civilisations in Egypt, Greece, Syria, Palestine, Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley, and the Yangtze River Valley.