Geologic Time Scale 2020: Volume 1

Geologic Time Scale 2020 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 Geologic Time Scale 2020 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. The 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)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 Periods INDICE: 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

• ISBN: 978-0-12-822042-9
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 1300
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2020
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés