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− | AAPG uses the [http://www.stratigraphy.org/ICSchart/Cohen2013_Episodes.pdf|ICS International Chronostratigraphic Chart] as its guide. | + | AAPG uses the [http://www.stratigraphy.org/ICSchart/Cohen2013_Episodes.pdf|ICS International Chronostratigraphic Chart] as its guide to formal chronostratigraphy.<ref name=ICS>Cohen, K. M., S. C. Finney, P. L. Gibbard, and J.-X. Fan, 2013, The ICS International Chronostratigraphic Chart, Episodes, v. 36, no. 3, pp. 199-204.</ref> |
==Simplified Chronostratigraphic Chart== | ==Simplified Chronostratigraphic Chart== | ||
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! Eonothem / [[Eon]] !! Erathem / [[Era]] !! System / [[Period]] !! Series / [[Epoch]] | ! Eonothem / [[Eon]] !! Erathem / [[Era]] !! System / [[Period]] !! Series / [[Epoch]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | rowspan=" | + | | rowspan="34" style="background: #87CEEB" | [[Phanerozoic]] || rowspan="7" style="background: #FFEF00" | [[Cenozoic]] || rowspan="2" style="background: #FFFF99" | [[Quartenary]] || style="background: #FFF8E7" | [[Holocene]] |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Pleistocene | + | | style="background: #FFF8DC" | Pleistocene |
|- | |- | ||
− | | rowspan="2" | Neogene || Pliocene | + | | rowspan="2" style="background: #FFFF00" | Neogene || style="background: #FFFDD0" | Pliocene |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Miocene | + | | style="background: #FFFF66" | Miocene |
|- | |- | ||
− | | rowspan="3" | Paleogene || Oligocene | + | | rowspan="3" style="background: #FED85D" | Paleogene || style="background: #FED85D" | Oligocene |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Eocene | + | | style="background: #FED85D" | Eocene |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Paleocene | + | | style="background: #FED85D" | Paleocene |
|- | |- | ||
− | | rowspan="8" | Mesozoic || rowspan="2" | Cretaceous || Upper | + | | rowspan="8" style="background: #00CCFF" | [[Mesozoic]] || rowspan="2" style="background: #71BC78" | [[Cretaceous]] || style="background: #71BC78"| Upper |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Lower | + | | style="background: #71BC78" | Lower |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan="3" style="background: #00BFFF" | [[Jurassic]] || style="background: #B9D9EB" | Upper | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="background: #89CFF0" | Middle | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="background: #73C2FB" | Lower | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan="3" style="background: #BA55D3" | [[Triassic]] || style="background: #D8BFD8" | Upper | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="background: #DDA0DD" | Middle | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="background: #DA70D6" | Lower | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan="19" style="background: #87A96B" | Paleozoic || rowspan="3" style="background: #FE6F5E" | Permian || style="background: #FED8B1" | Lopingian | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="background: #FF9966" | Guadalupian | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="background: #F88379" | Cisuralian | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan="2" style="background: #007A74" | Carboniferous || style="background: #B0E0E6" | Pennsylvanian | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Mississippian | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | rowspan="3" | | + | | rowspan="3" | Devonian || Upper |
|- | |- | ||
| Middle | | Middle | ||
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| Lower | | Lower | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | rowspan="3" | | + | | rowspan="4" | Silurian || Pridoli |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Ludlow | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Wenlock | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Landovery | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan="3" | Ordovician || Upper | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Middle | | Middle | ||
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| Lower | | Lower | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | rowspan=" | + | | rowspan="4" | Cambrian || Furongian |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''Series 3'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''Series 2'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Terrenuvian | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan="16" | [[Precambrian]] || rowspan="10" | [[Proterozoic]] || rowspan="3" | Neo-proterozoic || Ediacaran | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Cryogenian | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Tonian | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan="3" | Meso-proterozoic || Stenian | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Ectasian | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Calymmian | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan="4" | Paleo-proterozoic || Statherian | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Orosirian | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Rhyacian | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Siderian | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan="4" | Archean || colspan="2" | Neoarchean | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | colspan="2" | Meso-archean |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | colspan="2" | Paleo-archean |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | colspan="2" | Eo-archean |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | colspan="3" rowspan="2" | ''Hadean'' |
|} | |} | ||
==Anthropocene== | ==Anthropocene== | ||
The [[anthropocene]] is a newly coined and still debated term that is currently being used informally to denote the "human age." | The [[anthropocene]] is a newly coined and still debated term that is currently being used informally to denote the "human age." | ||
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+ | ==References== | ||
+ | {{reflist}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:34, 14 March 2019
AAPG uses the International Chronostratigraphic Chart as its guide to formal chronostratigraphy.[1]
Simplified Chronostratigraphic Chart
Eonothem / Eon | Erathem / Era | System / Period | Series / Epoch |
---|---|---|---|
Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quartenary | Holocene |
Pleistocene | |||
Neogene | Pliocene | ||
Miocene | |||
Paleogene | Oligocene | ||
Eocene | |||
Paleocene | |||
Mesozoic | Cretaceous | Upper | |
Lower | |||
Jurassic | Upper | ||
Middle | |||
Lower | |||
Triassic | Upper | ||
Middle | |||
Lower | |||
Paleozoic | Permian | Lopingian | |
Guadalupian | |||
Cisuralian | |||
Carboniferous | Pennsylvanian | ||
Mississippian | |||
Devonian | Upper | ||
Middle | |||
Lower | |||
Silurian | Pridoli | ||
Ludlow | |||
Wenlock | |||
Landovery | |||
Ordovician | Upper | ||
Middle | |||
Lower | |||
Cambrian | Furongian | ||
Series 3 | |||
Series 2 | |||
Terrenuvian | |||
Precambrian | Proterozoic | Neo-proterozoic | Ediacaran |
Cryogenian | |||
Tonian | |||
Meso-proterozoic | Stenian | ||
Ectasian | |||
Calymmian | |||
Paleo-proterozoic | Statherian | ||
Orosirian | |||
Rhyacian | |||
Siderian | |||
Archean | Neoarchean | ||
Meso-archean | |||
Paleo-archean | |||
Eo-archean | |||
Hadean |
Anthropocene
The anthropocene is a newly coined and still debated term that is currently being used informally to denote the "human age."
References
- ↑ Cohen, K. M., S. C. Finney, P. L. Gibbard, and J.-X. Fan, 2013, The ICS International Chronostratigraphic Chart, Episodes, v. 36, no. 3, pp. 199-204.
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