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A concise geologic time scale 2016 /
A Concise Geologic Time Scale: 2016 presents a summary of Earth's history over the past 4.5 billion years, as well as a brief overview of contemporaneous events on the Moon, Mars, and Venus. The authors have been at the forefront of chronostratigraphic research and initiatives to create an inte...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam, Netherlands :
Elsevier,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; ADDRESSES/INSTITUTIONS; A Concise Geologic Time Scale; A Concise Geologic Time Scale; Copyright; CONTENTS; 1
- Introduction; Geologic time scale and this book; International divisions of geologic time and their global boundaries (GSSPs); Biologic, chemical, sea-level, geomagnetic, and other events or zones; Assigned numerical ages; Time Scale Creator database and chart-making package; Geologic Time Scale 2020; Selected publications and websites; 2
- PLANETARY TIME SCALE; Introduction; The Moon; Mars; Mercury; Venus; Other solar system bodies; Selected publications and websites.
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- PrecambrianStatus of international subdivisions; Summary of Precambrian trends and events, and a potential revised time scale; Hadean; Archean; Proterozoic; Acknowledgments; Selected publications and websites; 4
- Cryogenian and Ediacaran; Basal definitions and status of international subdivisions; Cryogenian; Selected main stratigraphic scales and events; (1) Stable-isotope stratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, and selected events; (2) Biostratigraphy and major trends; Numerical age model; GTS2012 age model and potential future enhancements; Revised ages compared to GTS2012; Acknowledgments.
- Selected publications and websites5
- CAMBRIAN; Basal definition and status of international subdivisions; Terreneuvian series; Series 2; Series 3; Furongian series; Selected main stratigraphic scales and events; (1) Biostratigraphy and major trends; (2) Stable-isotope stratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, and selected events; Numerical age model; GTS2012 age model and potential future enhancements; Revised ages compared to GTS2012; Estimated uncertainties on assigned ages on stage boundaries; Acknowledgments; Selected publications and websites; 6
- ORDOVICIAN.
- Basal definition and international subdivisionsSelected main stratigraphic scales and events; (1) Biostratigraphy and major trends; (2) Stable-isotope stratigraphy and selected events; Numerical age model; GTS2012 age model and potential future enhancements; Estimated uncertainties on assigned ages on stage boundaries; Acknowledgments; Selected publications and websites; 7
- SILURIAN; Basal definition and international subdivisions; Selected main stratigraphic scales and events; (1) Biostratigraphy (marine; terrestrial).
- (2) Stable-isotope stratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, and selected eventsNumerical age model; GTS2012 age model and potential future enhancements; Estimated uncertainties on assigned ages on stage boundaries; Acknowledgments; Selected publications and websites; 8
- DEVONIAN; Basal definition and international subdivisions; Selected main stratigraphic scales and events; Biostratigraphy (marine; terrestrial); Magnetostratigraphy; Stable-isotope stratigraphy and selected events; Numerical age model; GTS2012 age model and potential future enhancements.