Chapter 18 Geologic Time

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A. INTRODUCTION

B. RELATIVE TIME

C. ABSOLUTE TIME AND RADIOMETRIC DATING 

D. GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE

E. RECOGNIZING DIFFERENT TIME SCALES AND UNDERSTANDING DEEP TIME

F. PRACTICE QUESTIONS

A sketch of a Permian coal swamp. Pamela Gore, 1996.

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