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A dataset containing the boundary ages, abbreviations, and colors for the periods of the Geologic Time Scale. Based on The ICS International Chronostratigraphic Chart (v2022/10), by Cohen, Finney, Gibbard, and Fan.

Usage

periods

Format

A data frame with 22 rows and 5 variables:

name

period name

max_age

maximum age, in millions of years

min_age

minimum age, in millions of years

abbr

period name abbreviations

color

the colors for each period, according to the Commission for the Geological Map of the World

See also

Other timescales: eons, epochs, eras, stages