A Geologic Time Scale 2004
A Geologic Time Scale 2004 by Felix M. Gradstein is a comprehensive resource published by Cambridge University Press in 2004. This third edition spans 589 pages and is presented in English. The book features contributions from an international team of over forty stratigraphic experts, who have collaborated to create an updated international stratigraphic framework for the Precambrian and Phanerozoic eras.
Readers will find a detailed introduction to the theory and methodology used in constructing the new time scale, followed by systematic presentations of standard subdivisions at various levels. The book employs isotope geochronology, geomathematics, and orbital tuning to establish a geologic scale characterized by high detail and accuracy, complete with a full error analysis. Additionally, a wallchart summarizing the entire time scale, along with paleogeographic reconstructions throughout the Phanerozoic, is included, making this work a valuable reference for academic and professional researchers as well as students in the fields of Earth sciences and geology.
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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.
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