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chronology and
periodization, an
epoch or reference epoch is an
instant in time
chosen as the
origin of a
particular calendar era. The "
epoch"
serves as a...
- -loʊ-/) is the
current geological epoch,
beginning approximately 11,700
years ago. It
follows the Last
Glacial Period,
which concluded with the Holocene...
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geological eras
defined for the
history of Earth.
Comparable terms are
epoch, age,
period, saeculum, aeon (Gr**** aion) and
Sanskrit yuga. The word has been...
- is the
younger of two
epochs into
which the
Cretaceous Period is
divided in the
geologic time scale. Rock
strata from this
epoch form the
Upper Cretaceous...
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Carboniferous or Late Carboniferous) is, on the ICS
geologic timescale, the
younger of two
subperiods of the
Carboniferous Period (
or the
upper of two...
- Ice Age) is the
geological epoch that
lasted from c. 2.58 million to 11,700
years ago,
spanning the Earth's most
recent period of
repeated glaciations....
- In astronomy, an
epoch or reference epoch is a
moment in time used as a
reference point for some time-varying
astronomical quantity. It is
useful for the...
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Early Cretaceous (geochronological name)
or the
Lower Cretaceous (chronostratigraphic name) is the
earlier or lower of the two
major divisions of the Cretaceous...
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geologic record. It is the
earlier of two
subperiods of the
Carboniferous period lasting from
roughly 358.9 to 323.2
million years ago. As with most other...
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Carboniferous Period. An
epoch is the
second smallest geochronologic unit. It is
equivalent to a
chronostratigraphic series.
There are 37
defined epochs and one...