A Concise Geologic Time Scale
2016

Featuring the most up-to-date international geologic time scale standard, this enlightening book provides a concise summary of Earth's history over 4.5 billion years, including contemporaneous events on the Moon, Mars, and Venus

J.G. Ogg (Author), Gabi M. Ogg (Author), Felix Gradstein (Author)

9780444637710, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 27 May 2016

240 pages
23.4 x 19 x 1.6 cm, 0.56 kg

Reviews of the 2004 edition:"This is an excellent book and an essential reference tool for all who have an interest in the past and future evolution in our planet. ... The book is beautifully produced and well organized with maps, illustrations, charts, and photos. All are in the correct geologic colors. The hardback copy of the book at a price of $40 is an excellent investment." --Ronald Greene, The Leading Edge

A Concise Geologic Time Scale: 2016 presents a summary of Earth's history over the past 4.5 billion years, as well as a brief overview of contemporaneous events on the Moon, Mars, and Venus. The authors 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.

Planetary time scalePrecambrianCambrian PeriodOrdovician periodSilurian PeriodDevonian PeriodCarboniferous PeriodPermian PeriodTriassic PeriodJurassic PeriodCretaceous periodPaleogene PeriodNeogene PeriodQuaternary Period

Subject Areas: Stratigraphy [RBGH], Geology & the lithosphere [RBG]