The authors are on the forefront of chronostratigraphic research and initiatives surrounding the creation of an international geologic time scale. The included charts display 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.
Table of Contents
Volume 1
PART I INTRODUCTION
1. Introduction
2. The chronostratigraphic scale
PART II CONCEPTS AND METHODS
3. Evolution and biostratigraphy (12 sub-chapters on major groups)
4. Astrochronology
5. The geomagnetic polarity time scale
6. Radioisotope geochronology
7. Strontium isotope stratigraphy
8. Osmium isotope stratigraphy
9. Sulfur isotope stratigraphy
10. Oxygen isotope stratigraphy
11. Carbon isotope stratigraphy
12. Influence of Large Igneous Provinces
13. Phanerozoic eustacy
14. Geomathematical and statistical procedures
PART III GEOLOGIC PERIODS of Planetary and Precambrian
15. The Planetary time scale
16. Precambrian (4.56 Ga to 1 Ga)
17. The Tonian and Cryogenian Period
18. The Ediacaran Period
Volume 2
PART III GEOLOGIC PERIODS of Phanerozoic
19. The Cambrian Period
20. The Ordovician Period
21. The Silurian Period
22. The Devonian Period
23. The Carboniferous Period
24. The Permian Period
25. The Triassic Period
26. The Jurassic Period
27. The Cretaceous Period
28. The Paleogene Period
29. The Neogene Period
30. The Quaternary Period
31. The Anthropocene
Appendix 1. Color code according to the Commission for the Geological Map of the World
Appendix 2. Radioisotopic dates used in GTS2020