• DOI:10.1126/SCIENCE.1098803
Corpus ID: 32763298

A New Period for the Geologic Time Scale

@article{Knoll2004ANP,
  title={A New Period for the Geologic Time Scale},
  author={A. Knoll and M. Walter and G. Narbonne and N. Christie-Blick},
  journal={Science},
  year={2004},
  volume={305},
  pages={621 - 622}
}

• A. Knoll, M. Walter, +1 author N. Christie-Blick
• Published 2004
• Geology, Medicine
• Science

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The geologic time scale is in need of an update, given that the last modification took place in 1891. In their Perspective, [Knoll and colleagues][1] announce the proud addition of a new interval to the geologic time scale, the Ediacaran Period, by the International Union of Geological Sciences.

[1]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/305/5684/621