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Bilingual glossary of geology


Geological Time Scale  Échelle des temps géologiques (géochronologique)
The division of Earth history into blocks of time - Eons, Eras, Periods, and Epochs. The time scale was developed using relative dating principles, and was later refined by the addition of numerical ages based on absolute dating techniques (adapted from: Tarbuck and Lutgens, 2008).

Themes:
  Dating methods and geological time scale

Related words:
  Relative Dating
  Absolute Dating


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