The geologic time scale 2012 /  [electronic resource] 
edited by Felix M. Gradstein, James G. Ogg, Mark D. Schmitz and Gabi M. Ogg 
 - Amsterdam ;  Boston :  Elsevier,  2012. 
 - e-book contains 1144 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>v. 1. The chronostratigraphic scale / F.M. Gradstein and J.G. Ogg -- Biochronology / F.M. Gradstein -- Cyclostratigraphy and astrochronology / L.A. Hinnov and F.J. Hilgen -- Geomagnetic polarity time scale / J.G. Ogg -- Radiogenic isotope geochronology / M.D. Schmitz -- Strontium isotope stratigraphy / J.M. McArthur, R.J. Howarth and G.A. Shields -- Osmium isotope stratigraphy / B. Peucker-Ehrenbrink and G. Ravizza -- Sulfur isotope stratigraphy / A. Paytan and E.T. Gray -- Oxygen isotope stratigraphy / E.L. Grossman -- Carbon isotope stratigraphy / M.R. Saltzman and E. Thomas -- A brief history of plants on earth / S.R. Gradstein and H. Kerp -- Sequence stratigraphy and sea-level change / M.D. Simmons -- Statistical procedures / F.P. Agterberg, O. Hammer and F.M. Gradstein -- The planetary time sclae / K.L. Tanaka and W.K. Hartmann -- A chronostratigraphic division of the Precambrian / M.J. Van Kranendonk and contributors -- The Cryogenian period / G.A. Shields-Zhou, A.C. Hill and B.A. Macgabhann -- The Ediacaran period / G.M. Narbonne, S. Xiao and G.A. Shields. Front MatterFront MatterCopyrightCopyrightDedicationContributorsEditors' BiographiesPrefaceAbbreviations and acronyms<br/>Select Chapter 1 - Introduction<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 1 - Introduction<br/>F.M. Gradstein<br/><br/>Pages 1-29<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 2 - The Chronostratigraphic Scale<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 2 - The Chronostratigraphic Scale<br/>F.M. Gradstein and J.G. Ogg<br/><br/>Pages 31-42<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 3 - Biochronology<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 3 - Biochronology<br/>F.M. Gradstein<br/><br/>Pages 43-61<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 4 - Cyclostratigraphy and Astrochronology<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 4 - Cyclostratigraphy and Astrochronology<br/>L.A. Hinnov and F.J. Hilgen<br/><br/>Pages 63-83<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 5 - Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 5 - Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale<br/>J.G. Ogg<br/><br/>Pages 85-113<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 6 - Radiogenic Isotope Geochronology<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 6 - Radiogenic Isotope Geochronology<br/>M.D. Schmitz<br/><br/>Pages 115-126<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 7 - Strontium Isotope Stratigraphy<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 7 - Strontium Isotope Stratigraphy<br/>J.M. McArthur, R.J. Howarth and G.A. Shields<br/><br/>Pages 127-144<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 8 - Osmium Isotope Stratigraphy<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 8 - Osmium Isotope Stratigraphy<br/>B. Peucker-Ehrenbrink and G. Ravizza<br/><br/>Pages 145-166<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 9 - Sulfur Isotope Stratigraphy<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 9 - Sulfur Isotope Stratigraphy<br/>A. Paytan and E.T. Gray<br/><br/>Pages 167-180<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 10 - Oxygen Isotope Stratigraphy<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 10 - Oxygen Isotope Stratigraphy<br/>E.L. Grossman<br/><br/>Pages 181-206<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 11 - Carbon Isotope Stratigraphy<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 11 - Carbon Isotope Stratigraphy<br/>M.R. Saltzman and E. Thomas<br/><br/>Pages 207-232<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 12 - A Brief History of Plants on Earth<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 12 - A Brief History of Plants on Earth<br/>S.R. Gradstein and H. Kerp<br/><br/>Pages 233-237<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 13 - Sequence Stratigraphy and Sea-Level Change<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 13 - Sequence Stratigraphy and Sea-Level Change<br/>M.D. Simmons<br/><br/>Pages 239-267<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 14 - Statistical Procedures<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 14 - Statistical Procedures<br/>F.P. Agterberg, O. Hammer and F.M. Gradstein<br/><br/>Pages 269-273<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 15 - The Planetary Time Scale<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 15 - The Planetary Time Scale<br/>K.L. Tanaka and W.K. Hartmann<br/><br/>Pages 275-298<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 16 - A Chronostratigraphic Division of the Precambrian: Possibilities and Challenges<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 16 - A Chronostratigraphic Division of the Precambrian: Possibilities and Challenges<br/>Martin J. Van Kranendonk, Contributors:, ... Franco Pirajno<br/><br/>Pages 299-392<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 17 - The Cryogenian Period<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 17 - The Cryogenian Period<br/>G.A. Shields-Zhou, A.C. Hill and B.A. Macgabhann<br/><br/>Pages 393-411<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 18 - The Ediacaran Period<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 18 - The Ediacaran Period<br/>G.M. Narbonne, S. Xiao, ... J.G. Gehling<br/><br/>Pages 413-435<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 19 - The Cambrian Period<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 19 - The Cambrian Period<br/>S. Peng, L.E. Babcock and R.A. Cooper<br/><br/>Pages 437-488<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 20 - The Ordovician Period<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 20 - The Ordovician Period<br/>R.A. Cooper, P.M. Sadler, ... F.M. Gradstein<br/><br/>Pages 489-523<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 21 - The Silurian Period<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 21 - The Silurian Period<br/>M.J. Melchin, P.M. Sadler, ... O. Hammer<br/><br/>Pages 525-558<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 22 - The Devonian Period<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 22 - The Devonian Period<br/>R.T. Becker, F.M. Gradstein and O. Hammer<br/><br/>Pages 559-601<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 23 - The Carboniferous Period<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 23 - The Carboniferous Period<br/>V.I. Davydov, D. Korn, ... O. Hammer<br/><br/>Pages 603-651<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 24 - The Permian Period<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 24 - The Permian Period<br/>C.M. Henderson, V.I. Davydov and, ... O. Hammer<br/><br/>Pages 653-679<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 25 - Triassic<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 25 - Triassic<br/>J.G. Ogg<br/><br/>Pages 681-730<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 26 - Jurassic<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 26 - Jurassic<br/>J.G. Ogg, L.A. Hinnov and C. Huang<br/><br/>Pages 731-791<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 27 - Cretaceous<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 27 - Cretaceous<br/>J.G. Ogg, L.A. Hinnov and C. Huang<br/><br/>Pages 793-853<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 28 - The Paleogene Period<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 28 - The Paleogene Period<br/>N. Vandenberghe, F.J. Hilgen, ... J.J. Hooker<br/><br/>Pages 855-921<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 29 - The Neogene Period<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 29 - The Neogene Period<br/>F.J. Hilgen, L.J. Lourens, ... D.S. Wilson<br/><br/>Pages 923-978<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 30 - The Quaternary Period<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 30 - The Quaternary Period<br/>B. Pillans and P. Gibbard<br/><br/>Pages 979-1010<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 31 - The Prehistoric Human Time Scale<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 31 - The Prehistoric Human Time Scale<br/>J.A. Catt and M.A. Maslin<br/><br/>Pages 1011-1032<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Chapter 32 - The Anthropocene<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Chapter 32 - The Anthropocene<br/>J. Zalasiewicz, P.J. Crutzen and W. Steffen<br/><br/>Pages 1033-1040<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Appendix 1 - Color Codes for Geological Timescales<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Appendix 1 - Color Codes for Geological Timescales<br/>Pages 1041-1043<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Appendix 2 - Radiometric ages used in GTS2012<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Appendix 2 - Radiometric ages used in GTS2012<br/>M.D. Schmitz<br/><br/>Pages 1045-1082<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Appendix 3 - Cenozoic and Cretaceous Biochronology of Planktonic Foraminifera and Calcareous Nannofossils<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Appendix 3 - Cenozoic and Cretaceous Biochronology of Planktonic Foraminifera and Calcareous Nannofossils<br/>D. Erik Anthonissen and James G. Ogg<br/><br/>Pages 1083-1127<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter<br/>Select Index<br/>Book chapterFull text access<br/>Index<br/>Pages 1129-1144<br/><br/>View PDFView chapter 
<br/><br/> Description<br/>The Geologic Time Scale 2012, winner of a 2012 PROSE Award Honorable Mention for Best Multi-volume Reference in Science from the Association of American Publishers, is the framework for deciphering the history of our planet Earth. The authors 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. This 2012 geologic time scale is an enhanced, improved and expanded version of the GTS2004, including chapters on planetary scales, the Cryogenian-Ediacaran periods/systems, a prehistory scale of human development, a survey of sequence stratigraphy, and an extensive compilation of stable-isotope chemostratigraphy.<br/><br/>This book is an essential reference for all geoscientists, including researchers, students, and petroleum and mining professionals. The presentation is non-technical and illustrated with numerous colour charts, maps and photographs. The book also includes a detachable wall chart of the complete time scale for use as a handy reference in the office, laboratory or field. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780444594259  USD173 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Geological time.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>551.701  / GEO/G