The Geologic Time Scale 2020, Second Edition contains contributions from leading scientists, with information presented in an easy-to-understand way including numerous color charts, maps, and photographs. Including recent information from such projects as GTSNext, Earth Time Europe, and Chronos, this updated edition explains in detail how and why the time scale is being updated and offers expanded coverage of paleontology and stratigraphy with an all-new atlas of index taxa at the end of each time period. The authors of The Geologic Time Scale 2020, Second Edition have been at the forefront of chronostratigraphic research and initiatives to create an international geologic time scale for many years, and the charts in this book present the most up-to-date, international standard as ratified by the International Commission on Stratigraphy and the International Union of Geological Sciences. As the framework for deciphering the history of our planet Earth, this book is essential for practicing Earth Scientists and academics. Completely updated time scale including research from projects such as GTSNext, Earth Time Europe, and ChronosAll-new atlas of index taxa at the end of each section to expand coverage of paleontology and stratigraphy, including a more detailed explanation of the index zonation and fossil events building the stratigraphic framework of the Geological PeriodsThe most detailed international geologic time scale available that contextualizes information in one referenceGives insights in the construction, strengths, and limitations of the geological time scale that greatly enhances its function and its utilityAids understanding by combining mathematical and statistical methods to create scaled composites of the global succession of eventsMeets the needs of a range of users at various points in the workflow (researchers extracting linear time from rock records, students recognizing the geologic stage by their content) INDICE: Volume 1 PART I INTRODUCTION 1. Introduction 2. Chronostratigraphy: linking time and rock PART II CONCEPTS AND METHODS 3. Biochronology 4. Cyclostratigraphy and astrochronology 5. The geomagnetic polarity time scale 6. Radiogenic isotopes geochronology 7. Strontium isotope stratigraphy 8. Osmium isotope stratigraphy 9. Sulfur isotope stratigraphy 10. Oxygen isotope stratigraphy 11. Carbon isotope stratigraphy 12. Osmium-Renium Radiogeochronology 13. A Brief History of Plants on Earth 14. Sequence chronostratigraphy 15. Statistical procedures PART III 16. The Planetary time scale 17. The Precambrian: the Archean and Proterozoic Eons 18. The Cryogenian Period 19. The Ediacaran Period Volume 2 PART IV GEOLOGIC PERIODS PHANEROZOIC 20. The Cambrian Period 21. The Ordovician Period 22. The Silurian Period 23. The Devonian Period 24. The Carboniferous Period 25. The Permian Period 26. The Triassic Period 27. The Jurassic Period 28. The Cretaceous Period 29. The Paleogene Period 30. The Neogene Period 31. The Quaternary Period 32. The Prehistoric Human Time Scale 33. The Anthropocene Appendix 1. Recommended color coding of stages 2. Radiometric ages used in GTS2012 3. Biochronology of Paleogene and Neogene Microfossils
- ISBN: 978-0-444-63798-7
- Editorial: Elsevier
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 1300
- Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2020
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés