geologic time scale

geologic time scale

English

Alternative forms

• geological timescale, geologic timescale

Noun

geologic time scale (plural geologic time scales)

1. A chronological scale of the earth's history used to measure the relative or absolute age of any part of geologic time.

   Synonym: GTS

   • 2018 May 2, Mark Carnall, “What is geologic time, and how does it work?”, in The Guardian‎:

     If maths and physics are the nearest we have to a universal language to communicate with visiting extra-terrestrials, handing them a geologic time scale would be about as useful as a Jackson Pollock painting. It looks hella scientific […] but essentially it’s a very fancy way of telling the story about the history of the Earth.

Translations

chronological scale of the earth's history

Chinese: Mandarin: 地質年代／地质年代 (zh) (dìzhì niándài) Finnish: geologinen aika-asteikko German: geologische Zeitskala f Spanish: escala temporal geológica f Turkish: jeolojik zaman cetveli

See also

• eon
• epoch
• era
• period
• Appendix:Geologic timescale

Further reading

• geologic time scale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia