How many periods are in the Phanerozoic eon? NOTE: the "Tertiary" is no longer valid (it has been split) as a period. Type your answer...
How many periods are in the Phanerozoic eon? NOTE: the "Tertiary" is no longer valid (it has been split) as a period. Type your answer...
Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
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Transcribed Image Text:How many periods are in the Phanerozoic eon? NOTE: the "Tertiary" is no longer
valid (it has been split) as a period.
Type your answer...

Transcribed Image Text:MAGNETIC
AGE POLARITY
(Ma)
15
35-
CENOZOIC
PERIOD EPOCH
CQUATER
COA
EXTOS
NARY PLEISTOCENE CALABRIAN
UGELASIAAN
SC
SD CAD
SE CHE
50-
CA
DRES
17
NEOGENE
MIOCENE
TERTIARY
PLIOCENE
CIS
OLIGOCENE
PALEOGENE
EOCENE
AGE
GSA GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE v. 5.0
MESOZOIC
PIACENZIAN
ZANCLEAN
MESSINIAN
TORTONIAN
PALEOCENE
SERRAVALLIAN
LANGHIAN
BURDIGALIAN
+0.012
18
-2.58
-3.600
5.333
7.246
AQUITANIAN
CHATTIAN
MAGNETIC
PICKS AGE POLARITY
(Ma)
(Ma)
RUPELIAN
PRIABONIAN
BARTONIAN
LUTETIAN
YPRESIAN
11.63
-13.82
THANETIAN
SELANDIAN
DANIAN
15.97
20.44
23.03
-27.82
-33.9
-378
80
90
100
47.8
110
120
560
130
-502
140
412 180
-616
150-
160
170
190
200
210.
220
230.
240
66.0 250
And
PERIOD EPOCH
CRETACEOUS
RAPID POLARITY CHANGE
JURASSIC
TRIASSIC
LATE
EARLY
LATE
MAASTRICHTIAN
MOOLE
EARLY
LATE
AGE
MODLE
CAMPANIAN
SANTONIAN
CONIACIAN
TURONIAN
CENOMANIAN
ALBIAN
APTIAN
BARREMIAN
HAUTERIVIAN
VALANGINIAN
BERRIASIAN
TITHONIAN
KIMMERIDGIAN
OXFORDIAN
CALLOWAN
BATHONIAN
BAJOCIAN
AALENIAN
TOARCIAN
PLIENSBACHIAN
SINEMURIAN
HETTANGIAN
RHAETIAN
NORIAN
CARNIAN
LADINIAN
ANISIAN
PICKS
(Ma)
66.0
-72.1
83.6
86.3
89.8
93.9
-100.5
-113
-125
-1294
-1329
139.8
145.0
-1523
1573
-1635
-166.1
-1683
-170.3
-174.1
-182.7
--190.8
-199.3
-2013
-208.5
--227
-237
-242
AGE
(Ma)
260-
280
300
320-
340-
360-
420
CARBONIFER
440-
460-
480-
PERIOD EPOCH
500-
PALEOZOIC PRECAMBRIAN
620-
-2472
2512
25130 540-
PERMIAN
DEVONIAN
LURIAN
CAMBRIAN
UH
Lopin-
gian
Guada-
lupian
Cisura-
lian
LATE
MIDDLE
EARLY
LATE
EARLY
MIDDLE VISEAN
LATE
MIDDLE
EARLY
BO
MASCOT
LLANDO
VERY
LATE
MIDDLE
EARLY
AGE
LUOLOWISHEN
BRODERIEIKA MELANÍ BR
MENLOOK 200N
TELYCHAN
SLOBODUWARENZANE
GIAN
CHANGHSINGIAN
WUCHIAPINGIAN
CAPITANIAN
WORDIAN
ROADIAN
KUNGURIAN
ARTINSKIAN
SAKMARIAN
ASSELIAN
GZHELIAN
KASIMOVIAN
MOSCOVIAN
BASHKIRIAN
SERPUKHOVIAN
Epoch 3
Epoch 2
TOURNAISIAN
FAMENNIAN
FRASNIAN
AVETIAN
EIFELIAN
FLOIAN
TREMADOCIAN
FURONE D
LANGSHANIAN
PARAN
GUZHANGIAN
ORMAN
AGE S
AGE 4
AGE 3
AGE 1
EMSIAN
PRAGIAN
LOCHKOVIAN
KATIAN
SANDBIAN
DARRIWILIAN
TERRE
NEUVIAN FORTUNAN
PICKS
(Ma)
251.90
254.14
-259.1
-265.1
-268.8
-272.96
-283.5
290.1
-296.0
+298.9
-303.7
307.0
315.2
+3232
-330.9
-3722
-382.7
-3877
-393.3
+ 1983
-4431
+346.7 1750-
358.9
4452
-453.0
-458.4
-4673
470.0
-4727
-4854
-489.5
-494
-497
-500.5
-504.5
-509
-514
-521
-529
5410
AGE
(Ma)
1000
1250
-4076
-410.8
-419.2
508
-423.0
-4230
44274
-4305 2750
334
750
1500
2000-
2250
2500
3250
3000
3750
4000
3500-
EON
W
P
ERA
NEOPRO
TEROZOIC
MESOPRO-
TEROZOIC
PALEOPRO-
TEROZOIC
NEOARCHEAN
MESO-
ARCHEAN
PALEO
ARCHEAN
EOARCHEAN
PERIOD
EDIACARAN
CRYOGENIAN
TONIAN
STENIAN
ECTASIAN
CALYMMIAN
STATHERIAN
OROSIRIAN
RHYACIAN
SIDERIAN
BOY.
AGES
(Ma)
-541
4000
3200
635
720
1000
1200
1400
2800
1600
1800
2300
2500
2050
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