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Epoch data from the International Commission on Stratigraphy (v2022/10)
Description
A dataset containing the boundary ages, abbreviations, and colors for the epochs of the Geologic Time Scale. Based on The ICS International Chronostratigraphic Chart (v2022/10), by Cohen, Finney, Gibbard, and Fan.
Usage
epochs
Format
A data frame with 34 rows and 5 variables:
- name
epoch name
- max_age
maximum age, in millions of years
- min_age
minimum age, in millions of years
- abbr
epoch name abbreviations
- color
the colors for each epoch, according to the Commission for the Geological Map of the World
Source
https://stratigraphy.org via https://macrostrat.org/api/v2/defs/intervals?timescale=international%20epochs
See Also
Other timescales:
eons,
eras,
periods,
stages
[Package deeptime version 1.1.1 Index]