Talk:Stadial

Names

It currently says "sometimes called ... etc." What is the et cetera? Is there a naming scheme? Why are they named this? Andrew Keenan Richardson 04:35, 4 June 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Quantumelfmage (talk • contribs)

Definition of "Stadial"

A stadial is a period of lower temperatures during an interglacial (warm period) separating the glacial periods of an ice age.

Is this definition really correct, and is it complete? In German usage, the term Stadial is used -- at least mainly, it seems -- to refer to a period of lower temperatures within a glacial, and is contrasted with Interstadial, which refers to a period of higher temperatures within a glacial. --Neitram (talk) 16:10, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

I agree, the same holds for the dutch definition, it seems to have gone wrong in the edit "(cur | prev) 10:02, 18 November 2006‎ 60.225.180.41 (talk)‎ . . (429 bytes) (+145)‎ . . (corrections and additional facts.)" But then again, I am not an expert, so it would be great if someone who knows could verify. The links with background information at the dutch page are currently unavailable, so, unfortunately, no help there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Valérie Boor (talk • contribs) 11:20, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

I'd be interested on having some feedback of this; my rewrite of the article has been going solely by the MIS definition, using "stadial" and "interstadial" as words for "warm period" and "cold period". The Eemian (MIS 5e) is defined in its article as an interstadial, however the definition of the Eemian on wikipedia seems to be a bit iffy (see: "also called the Sangamonian"), and most of the non-wikipedia definitions in my quick google search use stadial and interstadial follow the same "temperature variations within a glacial period" definitions that Neitram mentions. Auricolour (talk) 02:29, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Warm or cold?

It would be good to lead with a statement of which is warmer, a stadial or an interstadial, rather than just mentioning it in passing. Buster79 (talk) 16:57, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Revised. Is it clearer now? Dudley Miles (talk) 20:43, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, that's clearer from my perspective. Buster79 (talk) 15:03, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Index of existing wikipedia pages on stadials/interstadials?

I don't think one exists and this article is as good a place as any. Which stadial/interstadial articles currently exist? in what format should we list them-- simple list of links or include short descriptions?

• Marine Isotope Stage 5 (interstadial)
• Marine Isotope Stage 9 (interstadial)
• Marine Isotope Stage 11 (interstadial)
• Marine Isotope Stage 13 (interstadial)
• Younger Dryas (stadial)
• Older Dryas (stadial)
• Oldest dryas (stadial)
• Bølling Oscillation (interstadial)
• Allerød Oscillation (interstadial)
• Dansgaard-Oeschger events (interstadial)

Auricolour (talk) 02:45, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Holocene stadials/interstadials?

Of course, we have also stadiasl/interstadials in the Holocene. Well-known interstadials are, e.g., the absolute temprature maximum around 5600 BC/7600 b2k, the optimums of the bronze age around 800 BC, the Roman optimum around 150 AD. All visible e.g., in the Alpine treeline (Nicolussi 2009), the Greenland ice cores, or in full agrreement visualized in Holm 2011, Archaeoclimatology of the Holocene (in German). The latest and by far deepest stadial is the well-known "Little Ice Age (LIA)". The youngest Interstadial ist the modern warming (period, or what ever). Never heard of??? 95.90.202.157 (talk) 15:09, 16 September 2020 (UTC)