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Informationen zum Autor Jim Ogg is a Professor in the Department Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Purdue University and has served as Secretary-General of the International Commission on Stratigraphy since 2000. As part of this role he developed the TimeScale Creator databases and visualization system (freely available at www.stratigraphy.org). His research specialties include Mesozoic marine stratigraphy, paleomagnetism, and climate cycles. Klappentext A concise summary of Earth's history and the International Geologic Time Scale - containing a handy! detachable laminated time scale chart. Zusammenfassung This handbook provides a concise summary of Earth's history over the past 4.5 billion years including time scale charts that present the most up-to-date! international standard and a handy! detachable laminated card. It is an essential reference for all geoscientists! including researchers! students! and petroleum and mining professionals. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Planetary time scale; Precambrian period; Cambrian period; Ordovician period; Silurian period; Devonian period; Carboniferous period; Permian period; Triassic period; Jurassic period; Cretaceous period; Paleogene period; Neogene period; Quaternary period; Appendix. Standard colors of the international divisions of geologic time; References; Index.
