Miocene

Japanese: 中新世 - ちゅうしんせい(英語表記)Miocene
Miocene

A geological period that divides the Neogene Period of the Cenozoic Era into two periods. It refers to the period from approximately 23.03 million years ago to 5.333 million years ago. The strata formed during the Miocene are called the Miocene series. The Himalayan Alps experienced the most intense uplift from the middle to late periods. This was accompanied by the eruption of a huge amount of volcanic rocks. The climate experienced a global warm period at the beginning of the Middle Period (around 16.5 million years ago), which was a clear transgression period worldwide (a period of high sea levels when the sea advanced inland). It then cooled. The number of animal species common to the present increased significantly compared to the previous Oligocene, and it can be said that the biological world became modern from this period.

[Toshiyuki Yamaguchi August 19, 2015]

[Reference items] | Transgression | Cenozoic | Oligocene | Tertiary | Geological period

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

地質時代の時代区分の一つで、新生代の新第三紀を二分したときの初めの時期。およそ2303万年前から533万3000年前までの時代をいう。中新世に形成された地層を中新統という。ヒマラヤ―アルプス山脈は中期から後期にかけてもっとも激しい隆起を行っている。それに伴って、膨大な火山岩の噴出があった。気候は、中期初頭(1650万年前ごろ)に世界的な温暖期があり、世界的に明瞭(めいりょう)な海進期(高海面期で、海が内陸まで進入した)にあたる。その後は寒冷化する。現在と共通する動物の種は前の漸新世に比べてかなり増加し、この時代から生物界は現代化したといえる。

[山口寿之 2015年8月19日]

[参照項目] | 海進 | 新生代 | 漸新世 | 第三紀 | 地質時代

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