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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 international geologic time scale for many years, and the charts in this book present the most up-to-date international standard, as ratified by the International Commission on Stratigraphy and the International Union of Geological Sciences. This book is an essential reference for all geoscientists, including researchers, students, and petroleum and mining professionals. The presentation is non-technical and illustrated with numerous colour charts, maps and photographs. The book also includes a detachable laminated card of the complete time scale for use as a handy reference in the office, laboratory, or field.
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.
3 -- 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.
James G. Ogg, Gabi M. Ogg, Felix M. Gradstein.
Includes bibliographical references and index.