| Contents: |
1. Introduction / F. M. Gradstein --
2. Chronostratigraphy : linking time and rock / F. M. Gradstein, J. G. Ogg and A. G. Smith --
3. Biostratigraphy : time scales from graphic and quantitative methods / F. M. Gradstein, R. A. Cooper and P. M. Sadler --
4. Earth's orbital parameters and cycle stratigraphy / L. A. Hinnov --
5. The geomagnetic polarity time scale / J. G. Ogg and A. G. Smith --
6. Radiogenic isotope geochronology / M. Villeneuve --
7. Strontium isotope stratigraphy / J. M. McArthur and R. J. Howarth --
8. Geomathematics / F. P. Agterberg --
9. The Precambrian : the Archean and Proterozoic eons / L. J. Robb, A. H. Knoll, K. A. Plumb, G. A. Shields, H. Strauss and J. Veizer --
10. Toward a "natural" Precambrian time scale / W. Bleeker --
11. The Cambrian period / J. H. Shergold and R. A. Cooper --
12. The Ordovician period / R. A. Cooper and P. M. Sadler --
13. The Silurian period / M. J. Melchin, R. A. Cooper and P. M. Sadler --
14. The Devonian period / M. R. House and F. M. Gradstein --
15. The Carboniferous period / V. Davydov, B. R. Wardlaw and F. M. Gradstein --
16. The Permian period / B. R. Wardlaw, V. Davydov and F. M. Gradstein --
17. The Triassic period / J. G. Ogg --
18. The Jurassic period / J. G. Ogg --
19. The Cretaceous period / J. G. Ogg, F. P. Agterberg and F. M. Gradstein --
20. The Paleogene period / H. P. Luterbacher, J. R. Ali, H. Brinkhuis, F. M. Gradstein, J. J. Hooker, S. Monechi, J. G. Ogg, J. Powell, U. Rohl, A. Sanfilippo and B. Schmitz --
21. The Neogene period / L. Lourens, F. Hilgen, N. J. Shackleton, J. Laskar and D. Wilson --
22. The Pleistocene and Holocene epochs / P. Gibbard and T. Van Kolfschoten --
23. Construction and summary of the geologic time scale / F. M. Gradstein, J. G. Ogg and A. G. Smith --
App. 1. Recommended color coding of stages / F. M. Gradstein and J. G. Ogg --
App. 2. Orbital tuning calibrations and conversions for the Neogene period / L. Lourens, F. Hilgen, N. J. Shackleton, J. Laskar and J. Wilson --
App. 3. Geomathematics / F. P. Agterberg |
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