A Concise Geologic Time Scale: 2016 presents a summary of Earth's history over the past 4.5
billion years as well as a brief overview of contemporaneous events on the Moon Mars and
Venus. The authors have been at the forefront of chronostratigraphic research and initiatives
to create an international geologic time scale for many years and the charts in this book
present the most up-to-date international standard as ratified by the International Commission
on Stratigraphy and the International Union of Geological Sciences. This book is an essential
reference for all geoscientists including researchers students and petroleum and mining
professionals. The presentation is non-technical and illustrated with numerous colour charts
maps and photographs.
