The concise geologic time scale

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"This concise handbook presents a summary of Earth's history as well as a brief overview of contemporaneous events on the Moon, Mars, and Venus. ... The Concise Geologic Time Scale is an essential reference for all geoscientists, including researchers, students, and petroleum and mining professionals. The presentation is non-technical and illustrated with numerous color charts, maps and photographs. The book also includes a laminated card of the complete time scale for use as a handy reference …

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Full title :The concise geologic time scale / James G. Ogg, Gabi Ogg and Felix M. Gradstein.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2008.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2008.

The Physical Object

Description:177 pages : : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; : 26 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0521898498, 9780521898492
oclc:ocn231745658
LC Classification:QE508
Dewey Decimal:551.7

Introduction -- Planetary time scale / Kenneth L. Tanaka and William K. Hartmann -- Precambrian / Martin J. Van Kranendonk, James Gehling, and Graham Shields -- Cambrian period / Shanchi Peng and Loren Babcock -- Ordovician period -- Silurian period -- Devonian period -- Carboniferous period / Philip H. Heckel -- Permian period -- Triassic period -- Jurassic period -- Cretaceous period -- Paleogene period -- Neogene period -- Quaternary period / Philip Gibbard, Kim Cohen, and James Ogg.

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Erdzeitalter Geochronologie Geologic time scales Geological time Geologische Korrelation Geology, Stratigraphic Historische Geologie Stratigraphie Zeitskala