Description
Product ID: | 9780444637710 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | A Concise Geologic Time Scale |
Subtitle: | 2016 |
Authors: | Author: Felix Gradstein, J.G. Ogg, Gabi M. Ogg |
Page Count: | 240 |
Subjects: | Reference works, Reference works, Sedimentology and pedology, Historical geology and palaeogeology, Soil science, sedimentology, Historical geology |
Description: | Select Guide Rating A Concise Geologic Time Scale: 2016 presents a summary of Earth's history over the past 4.5 billion years, as well as a brief overview of contemporaneous events on the Moon, Mars, and Venus. 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 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. |
Imprint Name: | Elsevier Science Ltd |
Publisher Name: | Elsevier Science & Technology |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2016-05-27 |