The geologic time scale 2012 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Felix M. Gradstein and others
Other Authors: Gradstein, F. M.
Format: Printed Book
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, c2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Geological time.
Table of Contents:
  • v. 1. The chronostratigraphic scale / F.M. Gradstein and J.G. Ogg
  • Biochronology / F.M. Gradstein
  • Cyclostratigraphy and astrochronology / L.A. Hinnov and F.J. Hilgen
  • Geomagnetic polarity time scale / J.G. Ogg
  • Radiogenic isotope geochronology / M.D. Schmitz
  • Strontium isotope stratigraphy / J.M. McArthur, R.J. Howarth and G.A. Shields
  • Osmium isotope stratigraphy / B. Peucker-Ehrenbrink and G. Ravizza
  • Sulfur isotope stratigraphy / A. Paytan and E.T. Gray
  • Oxygen isotope stratigraphy / E.L. Grossman
  • Carbon isotope stratigraphy / M.R. Saltzman and E. Thomas
  • A brief history of plants on earth / S.R. Gradstein and H. Kerp
  • Sequence stratigraphy and sea-level change / M.D. Simmons
  • Statistical procedures / F.P. Agterberg, O. Hammer and F.M. Gradstein
  • The planetary time sclae / K.L. Tanaka and W.K. Hartmann
  • A chronostratigraphic division of the Precambrian / M.J. Van Kranendonk and contributors
  • The Cryogenian period / G.A. Shields-Zhou, A.C. Hill and B.A. Macgabhann
  • The Ediacaran period / G.M. Narbonne, S. Xiao and G.A. Shields.
  • v. 2. The Cambrian period / S. Peng, L.E. Babcock and R.A. Cooper
  • The Ordovician period / R.A. Cooper and P.M. Sadler
  • The Silurian period / M.J. Melchin, P.M. Sadler and B.D, Cramer
  • The Devonian period / R.T. Becker, F.M. Gradstein and O. Hammer
  • The Carboniferous period / V.I. Davydov, D. Korn, M.D. Schmitz
  • The Permian period / C.M. Henderson, V.I Davydov and B.R. Wardlaw
  • Triassic / J.G. Ogg
  • Jurassic / J.G. Ogg and L.A. Hinnov
  • Cretaceous / J.G. Ogg and L.A. Hinnov
  • The Paleogene period / N. Vendenberghe, F.J. Hilgen, R.P. Speijer
  • The Neogene period / F.J. Hilgen, L.J. Lourens and J.A. Van Dam
  • The Quaternary period / B. Pillans and P. Gibbard
  • The prehistoric human time scale / J.A. Catt and M.A. Maslin
  • The Anthropocene / J. Zalasiewicz, P.J. Crutzen and W. Steffen
  • Appendix 1. Color codes for geological time scales
  • Appendix 2. Radiometric ages used in GTS2012
  • Appendix 3. Cenozoic and Cretaceous biochronology of planktonic foraminifera and calcareous nannofossils.

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