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A geologic time scale 1989 / W. Brian Harland [and others].
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English
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.
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xvi, 263 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm
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QE508 .G3956 1990q Oversize
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Geological time
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Harland, W. B. (Walter Brian), 1917-2003
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Geologic time scales
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Summary note
A concentrated review of the time scales used in geology in order to date stratigraphic sequences and to define geological epochs. It is the planned successor to "A Geologic Timescale" and adopts the same style and employs similar methods.
Notes
Revised edition of: A Geologic time scale. 1982.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-246) and index.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
The chronometric (numerical) scale
The chronostratic scale
Isotopic methods, dates, precision and database
Chronometric calibration of stage boundaries
The magnetostratigraphic time scale
Geologic events and the time scale
Appendices
References and selected bibliography
General index
Stratigraphic index
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Geologic time scale.
ISBN
0521383617
9780521383615
0521387655 ((pbk.))
9780521387651 ((pbk.))
LCCN
89078175
OCLC
20930970
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