A Geologic time scale 2004

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A Geologic time scale 2004

edited by Felix M. Gradstein, James G. Ogg, and Alan G. Smith

Cambridge University Press, c2004

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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An international team of over forty stratigraphic experts have helped to build the most up-to-date international stratigraphic framework for the Precambrian and Phanerozoic. This successor to A Geologic Time Scale 1989 by W. Brian Harland et al. (CUP 0521 387655) begins with an introduction to the theory and methodology behind the construction of the new time scale. The main part of the book is devoted to the scale itself, systematically presenting the standard subdivisions at all levels using a variety of correlation markers. Extensive use is made of isotope geochronology, geomathematics and orbital tuning to produce a standard geologic scale of unprecedented detail and accuracy with a full error analysis. A wallchart summarising the whole time scale, with paleogeographic reconstructions throughout the Phanerozoic, is included in the back of the book. The time scale will be an invaluable reference source for academic and professional researchers and students.

Table of Contents

  • Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction F. M. Gradstein
  • 2. Chronostratigraphy - linking time and rock F. M. Gradstein, J. G. Ogg and A. G. Smith
  • Part II. Concepts and Methods: 3. Biostratigraphy F. M. Gradstein, R. A. Cooper and P. M. Sadler
  • 4. Earth's orbital parameters and cycle stratigraphy L. A. Hinnov
  • 5. The geomagnetic polarity time scale J. G. Ogg and A. G. Smith
  • 6. Radiogenic isotope geochronology M. Villeneuve
  • 7. Stable isotopes J. M. McArthur and R. J. Howarth
  • 8. Geomathematics F. P. Agterberg
  • Part III. Geologic Periods: 9. The Precambrian: the Archaen and Proterozoic eons L. J. Robb, A. H. Knoll, K. A. Plumb, G. A. Shields, H. Strauss and J. Veizer
  • 10. Toward a 'natural' Precambrian time scale W. Bleeker
  • 11. The Cambrian period J. H. Shergold and R. A. Cooper
  • 12. The Ordovician period R. A. Cooper and P. M. Sadler
  • 13. The Silurian period M. J. Melchin, R. A. Cooper and P. M. Sadler
  • 14. The Devonian period M. R. House and F. M. Gradstein
  • 15. The Carboniferous period V. Davydov, B. R. Wardlaw and F. M. Gradstein
  • 16. The Permian period B. R. Wardlaw, V. Davydov and F. M. Gradstein
  • 17. The Triassic period J. G. Ogg
  • 18. The Jurassic period J. G. Ogg
  • 19. The Cretaceous Period J. G. Ogg, F. P. Agterberg and F. M. Gradstein
  • 20. The Paleogene period H. P. Luterbacher, J. R. Ali, H. Brinkhuis, F. M. Gradstein, J. J. Hooker, S. Monechi, J. G. Ogg, J. Powell, U. Roehl, A. Sanfilippo, and B. Schmitz
  • 21. The Neogene period L. Lourens, F. Hilgen, N. J. Shackleton, J. Laskar and D. Wilson
  • 22. The Pleistocene and Holocene epochs P. Gibbard and T. van Kolfschoten
  • Part IV. Summary: 23. Construction and summary of the geologic time scale F. M.. Gradstein, J. G. Ogg and A. G. Smith
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography
  • Stratigraphic index
  • General index.

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  • NCID
    BA71354481
  • ISBN
    • 0521781426
    • 0521786738
  • LCCN
    2004043586
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge, UK
  • Pages/Volumes
    xix, 589 p.
  • Size
    29 cm
  • Attached Material
    1 sheet
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