A Geologic Time Scale 1989 (Cambridge Earth Science Series)

by: Walter Brian Harland, Richard L. Armstrong, Allen V. Cox, Lorraine E. Craig, Alan G. Smith, David G. Smith

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 551.701
EAN: 9780521387651
Edition: 2
ISBN: 0521387655
Label: Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 279
Publication Date: June 29, 1990
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Studio: Cambridge University Press

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This book is the planned successor to A Geologic Time Scale by W. B. Harland, A. V. Cox, P. G. Llewellyn, C. A. G. Pickton, A. G. Smith and R. Walters published in 1982. It adopts the same style and employs and develops similar methods, but it has been entirely reworked. The state of the art 1989 is thus presented; but the data assembled provide a source of reference which will serve for some years. The work develops and assesses a new calibration of the geologic time scale employing a new database. The new scale is summarized on the book covers and on a wall chart to be published separately. The work has been coordinated in detail throughout; nevertheless each chapter can stand on its own.