Segments of rock (strata) in chronostratigraphy | Time spans in geochronology | Notes to geochronological units |
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4 total, half a billion years or more | ||
10 total, several hundred million years | ||
tens of millions of years | ||
millions of years | ||
subdivision of an age, not used by the ICS timescale |
References
- ^ Cohen, K.M.; Finney, S.; Gibbard, P.L. (2013), International Chronostratigraphic Chart (PDF), International Commission on Stratigraphy
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