A Geologic Time Scale 1989 - Brossura

Harland, W. Brian; Armstrong, Richard L.; Cox, Allen V.; Craig, Lorraine E.; Smith, Alan G.; Smith, David G.

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ISBN 10: 0521387655 ISBN 13: 9780521387651

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1990

Riassunto

This book is the planned successor to A Geologic Time Scale by W. B. Harland, A. V. Cox, P. G. Llewellyn, C. A. G. Pickton, A. G. Smith and R. Walters published in 1982. It adopts the same style and employs and develops similar methods, but it has been entirely reworked. The state of the art 1989 is thus presented; but the data assembled provide a source of reference which will serve for some years. The work develops and assesses a new calibration of the geologic time scale employing a new database. The new scale is summarized on the book covers and on a wall chart to be published separately. The work has been coordinated in detail throughout; nevertheless each chapter can stand on its own.

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Contenuti

List of tables; List of figures; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The chronometric (numerical) scale; 3. The chronostratic scale; 4. Isotopic methods, dates, precision and database; 5. Chronometric calibration of stage boundaries; 6. The magnetostratigraphic time scale; 7. Geologic events and the time scale; Appendices; References and selected bibliography; General index; Stratigraphic index.

Product Description

xvi 263p very large paperback, index, bibliography, appendix, very good

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0521387655
• ISBN 13: 9780521387651
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 279
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile