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biostratigraphic unit

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application in geochronology

  • Grand Canyon rock layering
    In geochronology: Stages and zones

    …to develop a number of subdivisions of the Tertiary of the Paris Basin based on the quantification of molluskan species count and duration. Lyell noted that of the various assemblages of marine mollusks found, those from rocks at the top of the succession contained a large number of species that…

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  • geologic time
    In geologic history of Earth: Time scales

    Such biostratigraphic boundaries separate larger or smaller units of time that are defined as eons, eras, periods, epochs, and ages.

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