A Geologic Time Scale 2004

by Edited by Felix M. Gradstein , James G. Ogg , Alan G. Smith

• ISBN13: 9780521786737
• ISBN10: 0521786738
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-18
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

An international team of over forty stratigraphic experts have helped to build the most up-to-date international stratigraphic framework for the Precambrian and Phanerozoic. This successor to A Geologic Time Scale 1989 by W. Brian Harland et al. (CUP 0521 387655) begins with an introduction to the theory and methodology behind the construction of the new time scale. The main part of the book is devoted to the scale itself, systematically presenting the standard subdivisions at all levels using a variety of correlation markers. Extensive use is made of isotope geochronology, geomathematics and orbital tuning to produce a standard geologic scale of unprecedented detail and accuracy with a full error analysis. A wallchart summarising the whole time scale, with paleogeographic reconstructions throughout the Phanerozoic, is included in the back of the book. The time scale will be an invaluable reference source for academic and professional researchers and students.

Table of Contents

Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction

2. Chronostratigraphy - linking time and rock

Part II. Concepts and Methods: 3. Biostratigraphy F. M. Gradstein, R. A. Cooper and P. M. Sadler

4. Earth's orbital parameters and cycle stratigraphy L. A. Hinnov

5. The geomagnetic polarity time scale A. G. Smith and J. G. Ogg

6. Radiogenic isotope geochronology M. Villeneuve

7. Stable isotopes J. M. McArthur and R. J. Howarth

8. Geomathematics F. P. Agterberg

Part III. Geologic Periods: 9. The Precambrian: the Archaen and Proterozoic eons L. J. Robb, A. H. Knoll, K. A. Plumb, G. A. Shields, H. Strauss, J. Veizer and W. Bleeker

10. The Cambrian period J. H. Shergold and R. A. Cooper

11. The Ordovician period R. A. Cooper and P. M. Sadler

12. The Silurian period M. J. Melchin, R. A. Cooper and P. M. Sadler

13 . The Devonian period M. R. House and F. M Gradstein

14. The Carboniferous period V. Davydov, B. R. Wardlaw and F. M. Gradstein

15. The Permian period B. R. Wardlaw, V. Davydov and F. M Gradstein

16. The Triassic period J. G. Ogg

17. The Jurassic period J. G. Ogg

18. The Cretaceous Period J. G. Ogg, F. P. Agterberg and F. M. Gradstein

19. The Paleogene period H. P. Luterbacher, J. R. Ali, H. Brinkhuis, F. M. Gradstein, J. J. Hooker, S. Monechi, J. G. Ogg, J. Powell, U. Rö

hl, A. Sanfilippo, and B. Schmitz

20 The Neogene period L. Lourens, F. Hilgen, N. J. Shackleton, J. Laskar and D. Wilson

21 The Pleistocene and Holocene epochs P. Gibbard and T. van Kolfschoten

Part IV. Summary: 22. Construction and summary of the geologic time scale

Appendices

References.