Eemian

English

Etymology

The Last Interglacial (also known as the Eemian), the interglacial period that began about 130,000 years ago at the end of the Penultimate Glacial Period, and ended about 115,000 years ago at the beginning of the Last Glacial Period, was first recognized from boreholes in the area of the city of Amersfoort, Utrecht province, Netherlands, by Pieter Harting (1875). He named the beds "Système Eémien" after the river Eem on which Amersfoort is located.

Proper noun

Eemian

  1. (geology) The interglacial period lasting from circa 130,000 to 115,000 years ago.
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 152:
      At the time, temperatures briefly rose to become slightly higher than those of the pre-industrial period, making the Eemian the warmest time in the last million years.
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