Wikipedia's topic entry on the geologic time scale, its hierarchy of eons, eras, periods, epochs and ages, and the International Commission on Stratigraphy's role maintaining it today.
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PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_time_scale
Source Typereference
Reliability Tier3
A community edited tertiary reference, used here for an uncontested topic definition sourced to the International Commission on Stratigraphy's own stated role as the scale's maintaining authority. Sources
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- Concepts, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
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