Title Statements
- Full title :The concise geologic time scale / James G. Ogg, Gabi Ogg and Felix M. Gradstein.
Summary
"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 in the office, laboratory, or field."--Résumé de l'éditeur
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- Publication Date:2008.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2008.
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The Physical Object
- Description:1 v. (177 p.) : : illustrations ; : 26 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780521898492, 0521898498
- oclc:ocn470855858
- LC Classification:QE508 O34 2008
- Dewey Decimal:551.701
Table of Contents
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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