A new Geologic Time Scale, with special reference to Precambrian and Neogene

Episodes

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 83-100

  Gradstein, Felix M ^a   Ogg, James G ^b   Smith, Alan G ^c   Bleeker, Wouter ^d   Lourens, Lucas J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; NEOGENE; PRECAMBRIAN; STANDARD (REGULATION); STRATIGRAPHY; TIMESCALE;

EID: 3542996270     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2004/v27i2/002     Document Type: Article

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