Chronostratigraphy
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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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