Terminology of geological time: Establishment of a community standard

Stratigraphy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 100-105

  Aubry, Marie Pierre ^a   Van Couvering, John A ^b   Christie Blick, Nicholas ^c   Landing, Ed ^d   Pratt, Brian R ^e   Owen, Donald E ^f   Ferrusquía Villafranca, Ismael ^g  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Micropaleontology Project   (United States)

^c International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^f LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATUM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL TIME; RESEARCH WORK; STANDARDIZATION; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 77949754991     PISSN: 1547139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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