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geologic time scale
(redirected from Stratigraphic time scale)

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geologic time scale [¦jē·ə¦läj·ik ′tīm ‚skāl]
(geology)
The relative age of various geologic periods and the absolute time intervals.


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Geologists using the traditional stratigraphic time scale can only roughly correlate the ages of rocks from different parts of the globe, because the fossils from these different places are rarely identical, given the great variations among the climates in which animals and plants live.
 
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