Geological Time Scale
Geologic Time Scale
Era
Period
Epoch
Significant Events
Million Years Before Present
Cenozoic
Quartenary
Holocene
recorded human history, rise and fall of civilization...
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Geologic Timescale
Era
Period
Epoch
started (millions of years ago)
Cenozoic 66.4 millions of years ago-present time
Quaternary
Holocene
0.01
Pleistocene
1.6
Tertiary
Neogene
Pliocen...
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Geologic Time
There are several different ways that Earth scientists consider time. Geologic time is generally thought of as the period of time that begins with the initial formative processes of Eart...
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Geologic Time
Geologic time describes the immense span of time—billions of years-revealed in the complex rock surface of the Earth. Geochronology is the science of finding out how old rocks and ...
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