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Title: Different periods of the geologic time scale are different in length. Why?
Post by: drelog on Dec 8, 2015
Different periods of the geologic time scale are different in length.  Why?
A) Early geologists made mistakes, but it was easier to retain the terminology in the time scale.
B) The geologists who developed the time scale did not care about absolute ages.
C) The time scale was developed ad hoc, as a relative time scale based on rocks and fossil succession with no reference to absolute time when it was developed.
D) None of the above


Title: Re: Different periods of the geologic time scale are different in length. Why?
Post by: Pulsa on Dec 10, 2015
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Title: Re: Different periods of the geologic time scale are different in length. Why?
Post by: drelog on Dec 15, 2015
Everything checks out, respect