Chronological Studies & Dating Methods - Time Periods
Modern
body temperature time of death period - 0 - 20 hr
7Be dating period - 0 - 1 bp
bomb-radiocarbon dating period - 0 - 60 bp
cesium137 dating period -
0 - 60 bp
dentition age analysis period - 0 - 70 yrs
paper dating period - 0 - 100 bp
tritium analysis period - 0 - 100 bp
210Pb dating period - 0 - 150 bp
deuterium analysis period - 0 - 2000 bp
Recent
bomb-radiocarbon dating period - 0 - 60 bp
cesium137 dating period -
0 - 60 bp
dentition age analysis period - 0 - 70 yrs
paper dating period - 0 - 100 bp
tritium analysis period - 0 - 100 bp
210Pb dating period - 0 - 150 bp
deuterium analysis period - 0 - 2000 bp
argon-39 dating period - 40 - 2000 bp
magnetic lead dating period - 0 - 2500 bp
lichenometry period - 10 - 3000 bp
astronomy dating period - 0 - 4000 bp
written records period - to about 5000 BP
chemical transformations period - 0 - 6000 bp
lake level analysis period - 0 - 7000 bp
ice flow models period - 0- 7500 bp
Bayesian Chronological Modelling period - 0 - 10000 bp
paleosol analysis period - 0 - 10000 bp
rehydroxylation dating period - 0 - 10000 bp
Bond events period - 0 - 11000 bp
dendrochronology period - 0-12000 bp, floating sequences back
into the Cretaceous Period
dendroclimatology period - 0-12000 bp
dendroecology period - 0-12000 bp
dendrogeomorphology period - 0-12000 bp
deglaciation chronology period - 9000 - 14000 bp
amino acid racemization period asparagine - 0 - 25000 bp
quartz hydration dating period - 1600 - 25000 bp
archaeology period - 0 - 35000 bp
archaeometry period - 0 - 35000 bp
oxidizable carbon ratio period - 1 - 35000 bp
lake sediment successions period - 0 - 40000 bp
molecular dating period - 0 - 40000 bp
varve chronology period - 0 - 40000 bp
radiocarbon dating period - 0 - 50000 bp
paleothermometry period - 0 - 70000 bp
Dansgaard-Oeschger Events period - 200 - 80000 bp
anthropological age analysis period - 0 - 100000 bp
paleomagnetic dating period - polar wander path - 0 - 100000
bp
obsidian hydration dating period - 500 - 100000 bp
ice core dating period - 0 - 110000 bp
radioluminescence period - 0 - 150000 bp
uranium/thorium dating period - 20 - .5 m. bp
optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) period - 100 -
500000 bp
cultural affiliation dating period - 0 - 1 m. bp
3He dating period - 0 - 1 m. bp
thermoluminescence period - 30 - 1 m. bp
26Al dating period - 100 to 1 m. bp
fluorine analysis period - 100 bp - 1 m. bp
artifact time marker period - 0 - 1.5 m. bp
36Cl dating period - 0 - 2 m. bp
coral reef dating period - 0 - 2 m. bp
4He/3He thermochronometry period - 0 - 2 m. bp
81Kr period - 0 - 2 m.bp
varnish stratigraphy period - 1000 - 2 m. bp
amino acid racemization period - isoleucine - 5000 - 2 m. bp
marine isotope stage (MIS) period - 0 - 3 m. bp
paleolimnology period - 300 - 3 m. bp
anthropology period - 0 - 4 m. bp
tephrochronology period - 0 - 5 m. bp
carbon-isotope analysis period - 0 - 6 m. bp
gamma ray attenuation density period - 0 - 6 m. bp
thermochronometry period - 0 - 6 b. bp
cosmogenic dating period - 0 - 10 m. bp
10Be/9Be dating period -
0 14 m. bp
astrobiochronology period - 0 - 25 m. bp
astrochronology
period - 0 - 25 m. bp
Astronomical Polarity Time Scale (APTS) period - 0 - 25 m.
bp
isotopic time scale period - 0 - 25 m. bp
diatom-zone dating period - 0 - 65 m. bp
radiolarian zone dating period - 0 - 65 m. bp
strontium isotope stratigraphy period - 0 - 65 m. bp
magnetic anomaly time scale period - 0 - 71 m. bp
carbon-isotope analysis period - 0 - 100 m. bp
U-Fl-N dating period - 0 - 100 m. bp
Astronomical time scale (
sedimentation rate chronology period - 0 - 146 m. bp
geomagnetic polarity time scale (GPTS) period - 0 - 155 m.
bp
seafloor spreading rates period - 0 - 180 m. bp
sea level variation period - 0 - 200 m. bp
87Sr/86Sr geochronology period - 0 - 200 m. bp
nannofossil zone dating period - 0 - 210 m. bp
palynology period - 0 - 220 m. bp
dinoflagellate-zone dating period - 0 - 260 m. bp
palynomorph zone dating period - 0 - 260 m. bp
paleobotany period - 0 - 350 m. bp
foraminifera-zone dating period - 0 - 360 m. bp
fungal spore zone dating period - 0 - 400 m. bp
cyclostratigraphy period - 0-500 m. bp
magnetobiostratigraphy period - 0 - 500 m. bp
magneto(cyclo)stratigraphy period - 0 - 500 m. bp
magnetostratigraphy period - 0 - 500 m. bp
oxygen isotope record period - 0 - 500 m. bp
pedostratigraphy period - 0 - 500 m. bp
stable isotope analysis period - 0 - 500 m. bp
electron spin resonance period - 500 - 500 million bp
index fossils period - 0- 540 m. bp
fossil assemblages period - 0 - 570 m. bp
biochronology period - 0 - 600 m. bp
biostratigraphy period - 0 - 600 m. bp
biozone period - 0 - 600 m. bp
chronostratigraphy period - 0 - 600 m. bp
invertebrate paleontology period - 0 - 600 m. bp
paleobiogeography period - 0 - 600 m. bp
Paleontological Time Scale period - 0 - 650 m. bp
paleontology period - 0 - 650 m. bp
paleoecology period - 0 - 675 m. bp
Phanerozoic Time Scale period - 0 - 675 m. bp
geomagnetic time scale period - 0 - 3.5 b. bp
age equivalent stratigraphic markers period - 0 - 4 b. bp
allostratigraphy period - 0 - 4 b. bp
chemostratigraphy period - 0 - 4 b. bp
climatostratigraphy period - 0 - 4 b. bp
event stratigraphy period - 0 - 4 b. bp
geochemical dating period - 0 - 4 b. bp
geochronology period 0 - 4 b. bp
geological time scale period - 0 - 4 b. bp
geomorphology period - 0 - 4 b. bp
global climatic events period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoaltimetry period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoceanography period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoclimatology period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoecology period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoenvironmental reconstruction period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleogeography period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleothermometry period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleotopography period - 0 - 4 b. bp
sedimentology period - 0 - 4 b. bp
lithodemic unit period - 0 - 4.4 b. bp
lithostratigraphy period - 0 - 4.4 b. bp
stratigraphy period - 0 - 4.4 b. bp
paleomagnetic dating period - apparent polar wander paths -
back to Precambrian times
geology period - 0 - 4.57 b. bp
geochronometry period - 0-4.6 b. bp
argon-40/argon-39 dating period - 2000 - 4600 m. bp
potassium-argon dating period - 20000 - 4.6 b. bp
cross-dating period - 0 - 5700 m. bp
isotope geochemistry period - 0 - 5.7 b. bp
radioisotopic time scale period - 0 - 5700 m. bp
fission track dating period - 0 - 6 b. bp
radioisotope dating period - 0 - 6 b. bp
absolute dating
period - 0 - 13.7 b. bp
cosmological time scale period - 0 - 13.7 b. bp
relative dating period - 0 13.7 b. bp
Quaternary
Bond events period - 0 - 11000 bp
dendrochronology period - 0-12000 bp, floating sequences
back into the Cretaceous Period
dendroclimatology period - 0-12000 bp
dendroecology period - 0-12000 bp
dendrogeomorphology period - 0-12000 bp
deglaciation chronology period - 9000 - 14000 bp
amino acid racemization period asparagine - 0 - 25000 bp
quartz hydration dating period - 1600 - 25000 bp
archaeology period - 0 - 35000 bp
archaeometry period - 0 - 35000 bp
oxidizable carbon ratio period - 1 - 35000 bp
lake sediment successions period - 0 - 40000 bp
molecular dating period - 0 - 40000 bp
varve chronology period - 0 - 40000 bp
radiocarbon dating period - 0 - 50000 bp
Heinrich events period - 12000 - 60000 bp
paleothermometry period - 0 - 70000 bp
Dansgaard-Oeschger Events period - 200 - 80000 bp
anthropological age analysis period - 0 - 100000 bp
paleomagnetic dating period - polar wander path - 0 - 100000
bp
obsidian hydration dating period - 500 - 100000 bp
ice core dating period - 0 - 110000 bp
radioluminescence period - 0 - 150000 bp
uranium/thorium dating period - 20 - .5 m. bp
optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) period - 100 -
500000 bp
cultural affiliation dating period - 0 - 1 m. bp
3He dating period - 0 - 1 m. bp
thermoluminescence period - 30 - 1 m. bp
26Al dating period - 100 to 1 m. bp
fluorine analysis period - 100 bp - 1 m. bp
41Ca dating period - 50000 - 1 m. bp
artifact time marker period - 0 - 1.5 m. bp
36Cl dating period - 0 - 2 m. bp
coral reef dating period - 0 - 2 m. bp
4He/3He thermochronometry period - 0 - 2 m. bp
81Kr period - 0 - 2 m.bp
varnish stratigraphy period - 1000 - 2 m. bp
amino acid racemization period - isoleucine - 5000 - 2 m. bp
234U excess dating period - 10000 - 2 m. bp
marine isotope stage (MIS) period - 0 - 3 m. bp
paleolimnology period - 300 - 3 m. bp
anthropology period - 0 - 4 m. bp
anthropological dating period - 30000 - 4 m. bp
tephrochronology period - 0 - 5 m. bp
carbon-isotope analysis period - 0 - 6 m. bp
gamma ray attenuation density period - 0 - 6 m. bp
thermochronometry period - 0 - 6 b. bp
cosmogenic dating period - 0 - 10 m. bp
10Be/9Be dating period -
0 14 m. bp
astrobiochronology period - 0 - 25 m. bp
astrochronology
period - 0 - 25 m. bp
Astronomical Polarity Time Scale (APTS) period - 0 - 25 m.
bp
isotopic time scale period - 0 - 25 m. bp
detrital thermochronometry period - 1 - 40 m. bp
diatom-zone dating period - 0 - 65 m. bp
radiolarian zone dating period - 0 - 65 m. bp
strontium isotope stratigraphy period - 0 - 65 m. bp
magnetic anomaly time scale period - 0 - 71 m. bp
carbon-isotope analysis period - 0 - 100 m. bp
U-Fl-N dating period - 0 - 100 m. bp
Astronomical time scale (
sedimentation rate chronology period - 0 - 146 m. bp
geomagnetic polarity time scale (GPTS) period - 0 - 155 m.
bp
seafloor spreading rates period - 0 - 180 m. bp
sea level variation period - 0 - 200 m. bp
87Sr/86Sr geochronology period - 0 - 200 m. bp
nannofossil zone dating period - 0 - 210 m. bp
palynology period - 0 - 220 m. bp
dinoflagellate-zone dating period - 0 - 260 m. bp
palynomorph zone dating period - 0 - 260 m. bp
paleobotany period - 0 - 350 m. bp
foraminifera-zone dating period - 0 - 360 m. bp
fungal spore zone dating period - 0 - 400 m. bp
cyclostratigraphy period - 0-500 m. bp
magnetobiostratigraphy period - 0 - 500 m. bp
magneto(cyclo)stratigraphy period - 0 - 500 m. bp
magnetostratigraphy period - 0 - 500 m. bp
oxygen isotope record period - 0 - 500 m. bp
pedostratigraphy period - 0 - 500 m. bp
stable isotope analysis period - 0 - 500 m. bp
electron spin resonance period - 500 - 500 million bp
paleomagnetic dating period - geomagnetic pole reversals -
780000 - 500 m. bp
helium-lead dating period - 1 m. 500 m. bp
(U-Th)/He dating period - 1 m. 500 m. bp
index fossils period - 0- 540 m. bp
fossil assemblages period - 0 - 570 m. bp
biochronology period - 0 - 600 m. bp
biostratigraphy period - 0 - 600 m. bp
biozone period - 0 - 600 m. bp
chronostratigraphy period - 0 - 600 m. bp
invertebrate paleontology period - 0 - 600 m. bp
paleobiogeography period - 0 - 600 m. bp
Paleontological Time Scale period - 0 - 650 m. bp
paleontology period - 0 - 650 m. bp
paleoecology period - 0 - 675 m. bp
Phanerozoic Time Scale period - 0 - 675 m. bp
geomagnetic time scale period - 0 - 3.5 b. bp
age equivalent stratigraphic markers period - 0 - 4 b. bp
allostratigraphy period - 0 - 4 b. bp
chemostratigraphy period - 0 - 4 b. bp
climatostratigraphy period - 0 - 4 b. bp
event stratigraphy period - 0 - 4 b. bp
geochemical dating period - 0 - 4 b. bp
geochronology period 0 - 4 b. bp
geological time scale period - 0 - 4 b. bp
geomorphology period - 0 - 4 b. bp
global climatic events period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoaltimetry period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoceanography period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoclimatology period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoecology period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoenvironmental reconstruction period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleogeography period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleothermometry period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleotopography period - 0 - 4 b. bp
sedimentology period - 0 - 4 b. bp
lithodemic unit period - 0 - 4.4 b. bp
lithostratigraphy period - 0 - 4.4 b. bp
stratigraphy period - 0 - 4.4 b. bp
paleomagnetic dating period - apparent polar wander paths -
back to Precambrian times
geology period - 0 - 4.57 b. bp
U/Pb dating period - 1 m. - 4.57 b. bp
geochronometry period - 0-4.6 b. bp
noble gas geochronology period - 0 - 4.6 b. bp
argon-40/argon-39 dating period - 2000 - 4600 m. bp
potassium-argon dating period - 20000 - 4.6 b. bp
cross-dating period - 0 - 5700 m. bp
isotope geochemistry period - 0 - 5.7 b. bp
radioisotopic time scale period - 0 - 5700 m. bp
fission track dating period - 0 - 6 b. bp
radioisotope dating period - 0 - 6 b. bp
absolute dating
period - 0 - 13.7 b. bp
cosmological time scale period - 0 - 13.7 b. bp
relative dating period - 0 13.7 b. bp
Cenozoic
marine isotope stage (MIS) period - 0 - 3 m. bp
anthropology period - 0 - 4 m. bp
tephrochronology period - 0 - 5 m. bp
carbon-isotope analysis period - 0 - 6 m. bp
gamma ray attenuation density period - 0 - 6 m. bp
thermochronometry period - 0 - 6 b. bp
cosmogenic dating period - 0 - 10 m. bp
10Be/9Be dating period -
0 14 m. bp
astrobiochronology period - 0 - 25 m. bp
astrochronology period - 0 - 25 m. bp
Astronomical Polarity Time Scale (APTS) period - 0 - 25 m.
bp
isotopic time scale period - 0 - 25 m. bp
detrital thermochronometry period - 1 - 40 m. bp
diatom-zone dating period - 0 - 65 m. bp
radiolarian zone dating period - 0 - 65 m. bp
strontium isotope stratigraphy period - 0 - 65 m. bp
magnetic anomaly time scale period - 0 - 71 m. bp
carbon-isotope analysis period - 0 - 100 m. bp
U-Fl-N dating period - 0 - 100 m. bp
Astronomical time scale (
sedimentation rate chronology period - 0 - 146 m. bp
geomagnetic polarity time scale (GPTS) period - 0 - 155 m.
bp
seafloor spreading rates period - 0 - 180 m. bp
sea level variation period - 0 - 200 m. bp
87Sr/86Sr geochronology period - 0 - 200 m. bp
nannofossil zone dating period - 0 - 210 m. bp
palynology period - 0 - 220 m. bp
dinoflagellate-zone dating period - 0 - 260 m. bp
palynomorph zone dating period - 0 - 260 m. bp
paleobotany period - 0 - 350 m. bp
foraminifera-zone dating period - 0 - 360 m. bp
fungal spore zone dating period - 0 - 400 m. bp
cyclostratigraphy period - 0-500 m. bp
magnetobiostratigraphy period - 0 - 500 m. bp
magneto(cyclo)stratigraphy period - 0 - 500 m. bp
magnetostratigraphy period - 0 - 500 m. bp
oxygen isotope record period - 0 - 500 m. bp
pedostratigraphy period - 0 - 500 m. bp
stable isotope analysis period - 0 - 500 m. bp
electron spin resonance period - 500 - 500 million bp
paleomagnetic dating period - geomagnetic pole reversals -
780000 - 500 m. bp
helium-lead dating period - 1 m. 500 m. bp
(U-Th)/He dating period - 1 m. 500 m. bp
Lu-Hf period - 5 m. - 500 m. bp
index fossils period - 0- 540 m. bp
fossil assemblages period - 0 - 570 m. bp
biochronology period - 0 - 600 m. bp
biostratigraphy period - 0 - 600 m. bp
biozone period - 0 - 600 m. bp
chronostratigraphy period - 0 - 600 m. bp
invertebrate paleontology period - 0 - 600 m. bp
paleobiogeography period - 0 - 600 m. bp
Paleontological Time Scale period - 0 - 650 m. bp
paleontology period - 0 - 650 m. bp
paleoecology period - 0 - 675 m. bp
Phanerozoic Time Scale period - 0 - 675 m. bp
paleolimnology period - 300 - 3 m. bp
geomagnetic time scale period - 0 - 3.5 b. bp
age equivalent stratigraphic markers period - 0 - 4 b. bp
allostratigraphy period - 0 - 4 b. bp
chemostratigraphy period - 0 - 4 b. bp
climatostratigraphy period - 0 - 4 b. bp
event stratigraphy period - 0 - 4 b. bp
geochemical dating period - 0 - 4 b. bp
geochronology period 0 - 4 b. bp
geological time scale period - 0 - 4 b. bp
geomorphology period - 0 - 4 b. bp
global climatic events period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoaltimetry period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoceanography period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoclimatology period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoecology period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoenvironmental reconstruction period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleogeography period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleothermometry period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleotopography period - 0 - 4 b. bp
sedimentology period - 0 - 4 b. bp
lithodemic unit period - 0 - 4.4 b. bp
lithostratigraphy period - 0 - 4.4 b. bp
stratigraphy period - 0 - 4.4 b. bp
paleomagnetic dating period - apparent polar wander paths -
back to Precambrian times
geology period - 0 - 4.57 b. bp
U/Pb dating period - 1 m. - 4.57 b. bp
geochronometry period - 0-4.6 b. bp
noble gas geochronology period - 0 - 4.6 b. bp
argon-40/argon-39 dating period - 2000 - 4600 m. bp
potassium-argon dating period - 20000 - 4.6 b. bp
Re-Os dating period - 10 m. - 4.6 b. bp
Rb-Sr dating period - 60 m. - 4.6 b. bp
cross-dating period - 0 - 5700 m. bp
isotope geochemistry period - 0 - 5.7 b. bp
radioisotopic time scale period - 0 - 5700 m. bp
fission track dating period - 0 - 6 b. bp
radioisotope dating period - 0 - 6 b. bp
absolute dating
period - 0 - 13.7 b. bp
cosmological time scale period - 0 - 13.7 b. bp
relative dating period - 0 13.7 b. bp
Mesozoic
magnetic anomaly time scale period - 0 - 71 m. bp
carbon-isotope analysis period - 0 - 100 m. bp
U-Fl-N dating period - 0 - 100 m. bp
Astronomical time scale (
sedimentation rate chronology period - 0 - 146 m. bp
geomagnetic polarity time scale (GPTS) period - 0 - 155 m.
bp
seafloor spreading rates period - 0 - 180 m. bp
sea level variation period - 0 - 200 m. bp
87Sr/86Sr geochronology period - 0 - 200 m. bp
nannofossil zone dating period - 0 - 210 m. bp
palynology period - 0 - 220 m. bp
dinoflagellate-zone dating period - 0 - 260 m. bp
palynomorph zone dating period - 0 - 260 m. bp
paleobotany period - 0 - 350 m. bp
foraminifera-zone dating period - 0 - 360 m. bp
fungal spore zone dating period - 0 - 400 m. bp
ammonite-zone dating period - 65 m. - 400 m. bp
cyclostratigraphy period - 0-500 m. bp
magnetobiostratigraphy period - 0 - 500 m. bp
magneto(cyclo)stratigraphy period - 0 - 500 m. bp
magnetostratigraphy period - 0 - 500 m. bp
oxygen isotope record period - 0 - 500 m. bp
pedostratigraphy period - 0 - 500 m. bp
stable isotope analysis period - 0 - 500 m. bp
electron spin resonance period - 500 - 500 million bp
paleomagnetic dating period - geomagnetic pole reversals -
780000 - 500 m. bp
helium-lead dating period - 1 m. 500 m. bp
(U-Th)/He dating period - 1 m. 500 m. bp
Lu-Hf period - 5 m. - 500 m. bp
index fossils period - 0- 540 m. bp
fossil assemblages period - 0 - 570 m. bp
biochronology period - 0 - 600 m. bp
biostratigraphy period - 0 - 600 m. bp
biozone period - 0 - 600 m. bp
chronostratigraphy period - 0 - 600 m. bp
invertebrate paleontology period - 0 - 600 m. bp
paleobiogeography period - 0 - 600 m. bp
Paleontological Time Scale period - 0 - 650 m. bp
paleontology period - 0 - 650 m. bp
paleoecology period - 0 - 675 m. bp
Phanerozoic Time Scale period - 0 - 675 m. bp
geomagnetic time scale period - 0 - 3.5 b. bp
age equivalent stratigraphic markers period - 0 - 4 b. bp
allostratigraphy period - 0 - 4 b. bp
chemostratigraphy period - 0 - 4 b. bp
climatostratigraphy period - 0 - 4 b. bp
event stratigraphy period - 0 - 4 b. bp
geochemical dating period - 0 - 4 b. bp
geochronology period 0 - 4 b. bp
geological time scale period - 0 - 4 b. bp
geomorphology period - 0 - 4 b. bp
global climatic events period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoaltimetry period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoceanography period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoclimatology period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoecology period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoenvironmental reconstruction period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleogeography period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleothermometry period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleotopography period - 0 - 4 b. bp
sedimentology period - 0 - 4 b. bp
lithodemic unit period - 0 - 4.4 b. bp
lithostratigraphy period - 0 - 4.4 b. bp
stratigraphy period - 0 - 4.4 b. bp
paleomagnetic dating period - apparent polar wander paths -
back to Precambrian times
geology period - 0 - 4.57 b. bp
Pb-Pb dating period - 100 m. - 4.57 b. bp
geochronometry period - 0 - 4.6 b. bp
noble gas geochronology period - 0 - 4.6 b. bp
argon-40/argon-39 dating period - 2000 - 4600 m. bp
potassium-argon dating period - 20000 - 4.6 b. bp
Re-Os dating period - 10 m. - 4.6 b. bp
Rb-Sr dating period - 60 m. - 4.6 b. bp
Sm-Nd dating period - 100 m. - 4.6 b. bp
cross-dating period - 0 - 5700 m. bp
isotope geochemistry period - 0 - 5.7 b. bp
radioisotopic time scale period - 0 - 5700 m. bp
fission track dating period - 0 - 6 b. bp
radioisotope dating period - 0 - 6 b. bp
absolute dating
period - 0 - 13.7 b. bp
cosmological time scale period - 0 - 13.7 b. bp
relative dating period - 0 13.7 b. bp
Paleozoic
dinoflagellate-zone dating period - 0 - 260 m. bp
palynomorph zone dating period - 0 - 260 m. bp
paleobotany period - 0 - 350 m. bp
foraminifera-zone dating period - 0 - 360 m. bp
fusulinid-zone dating period - 250 - 360 m. bp
fungal spore zone dating period - 0 - 400 m. bp
ammonite-zone dating period - 65 m. - 400 m. bp
cyclostratigraphy period - 0-500 m. bp
magnetobiostratigraphy period - 0 - 500 m. bp
magneto(cyclo)stratigraphy period - 0 - 500 m. bp
magnetostratigraphy period - 0 - 500 m. bp
oxygen isotope record period - 0 - 500 m. bp
pedostratigraphy period - 0 - 500 m. bp
stable isotope analysis period - 0 - 500 m. bp
electron spin resonance period - 500 - 500 million bp
paleomagnetic dating period - geomagnetic pole reversals -
780000 - 500 m. bp
helium-lead dating period - 1 m. 500 m. bp
(U-Th)/He dating period - 1 m. 500 m. bp
Lu-Hf period - 5 m. - 500 m. bp
graptolite-zone dating period - 417 - 505 m. bp
index fossils period - 0- 540 m. bp
fossil assemblages period - 0 - 570 m. bp
trilobite-zone dating period - 440 - 570 m. bp
biochronology period - 0 - 600 m. bp
biostratigraphy period - 0 - 600 m. bp
biozone period - 0 - 600 m. bp
chronostratigraphy period - 0 - 600 m. bp
paleobiogeography period - 0 - 600 m. bp
conodont-zone dating period - 250 - 600 m. bp
Paleontological Time Scale period - 0 - 650 m. bp
paleontology period - 0 - 650 m. bp
paleoecology period - 0 - 675 m. bp
Phanerozoic Time Scale period - 0 - 675 m. bp
geomagnetic time scale period - 0 - 3.5 b. bp
age equivalent stratigraphic markers period - 0 - 4 b. bp
allostratigraphy period - 0 - 4 b. bp
chemostratigraphy period - 0 - 4 b. bp
climatostratigraphy period - 0 - 4 b. bp
event stratigraphy period - 0 - 4 b. bp
geochemical dating period - 0 - 4 b. bp
geochronology period 0 - 4 b. bp
geological time scale period - 0 - 4 b. bp
geomorphology period - 0 - 4 b. bp
global climatic events period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoaltimetry period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoceanography period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoclimatology period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoecology period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoenvironmental reconstruction period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleogeography period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleothermometry period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleotopography period - 0 - 4 b. bp
sedimentology period - 0 - 4 b. bp
lithodemic unit period - 0 - 4.4 b. bp
lithostratigraphy period - 0 - 4.4 b. bp
stratigraphy period - 0 - 4.4 b. bp
paleomagnetic dating period - apparent polar wander paths -
back to Precambrian times
geology period - 0 - 4.57 b. bp
Pb-Pb dating period - 100 m. - 4.57 b. bp
geochronometry period - 0 - 4.6 b. bp
noble gas geochronology period - 0 - 4.6 b. bp
argon-40/argon-39 dating period - 2000 - 4600 m. bp
potassium-argon dating period - 20000 - 4.6 b. bp
Re-Os dating period - 10 m. - 4.6 b. bp
Rb-Sr dating period - 60 m. - 4.6 b. bp
Sm-Nd dating period - 100 m. - 4.6 b. bp
cross-dating period - 0 - 5700 m. bp
isotope geochemistry period - 0 - 5.7 b. bp
radioisotopic time scale period - 0 - 5700 m. bp
fission track dating period - 0 - 6 b. bp
radioisotope dating period - 0 - 6 b. bp
absolute dating
period - 0 - 13.7 b. bp
cosmological time scale period - 0 - 13.7 b. bp
relative dating period - 0 13.7 b. bp
Early Earth
biochronology period - 0 - 600 m. bp
biostratigraphy period - 0 - 600 m. bp
biozone period - 0 - 600 m. bp
chronostratigraphy period - 0 - 600 m. bp
paleobiogeography period - 0 - 600 m. bp
conodont-zone dating period - 250 - 600 m. bp
Paleontological Time Scale period - 0 - 650 m. bp
paleontology period - 0 - 650 m. bp
paleoecology period - 0 - 675 m. bp
Phanerozoic Time Scale period - 0 - 675 m. bp
geomagnetic time scale period - 0 - 3.5 b. bp
age equivalent stratigraphic markers period - 0 - 4 b. bp
allostratigraphy period - 0 - 4 b. bp
chemostratigraphy period - 0 - 4 b. bp
climatostratigraphy period - 0 - 4 b. bp
event stratigraphy period - 0 - 4 b. bp
geochemical dating period - 0 - 4 b. bp
geochronology period 0 - 4 b. bp
geological time scale period - 0 - 4 b. bp
geomorphology period - 0 - 4 b. bp
global climatic events period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoaltimetry period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoceanography period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoclimatology period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoecology period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleoenvironmental reconstruction period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleogeography period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleothermometry period - 0 - 4 b. bp
paleotopography period - 0 - 4 b. bp
sedimentology period - 0 - 4 b. bp
lithodemic unit period - 0 - 4.4 b. bp
lithostratigraphy period - 0 - 4.4 b. bp
stratigraphy period - 0 - 4.4 b. bp
paleomagnetic dating period - apparent polar wander paths -
back to Precambrian times
geology period - 0 - 4.57 b. bp
U/Pb dating period - 1 m. - 4.57 b. bp
Pb-Pb dating period - 100 m. - 4.57 b. bp
hafnium-tungsten dating period - 4.52 - 4.57 b. bp
iodine-xenon dating period 4.52 4.57 b. bp
geochronometry period - 0 - 4.6 b. bp
noble gas geochronology period - 0 - 4.6 b. bp
argon-40/argon-39 dating period - 2000 - 4600 m. bp
potassium-argon dating period - 20000 - 4.6 b. bp
Re-Os dating period - 10 m. - 4.6 b. bp
Rb-Sr dating period - 60 m. - 4.6 b. bp
Sm-Nd dating period - 100 m. - 4.6 b. bp
cross-dating period - 0 - 5700 m. bp
isotope geochemistry period - 0 - 5.7 b. bp
radioisotopic time scale period - 0 - 5700 m. bp
fission track dating period - 0 - 6 b. bp
radioisotope dating period - 0 - 6 b. bp
absolute dating
period - 0 - 13.7 b. bp
cosmological time scale period - 0 - 13.7 b. bp
relative dating period - 0 13.7 b. bp
Early Solar System
hafnium-tungsten dating period - 4.52 - 4.57 b. bp
iodine-xenon dating period 4.52 4.57 b. bp
26Al/26Mg dating period - 4565 - 4571 m. bp
10Be/10B dating period - 4565 - 4571 m. bp
41Ca/41K dating period - 4565 - 4571 m. bp
36Cl/36S dating period - 4565 - 4571 m. bp
cosmic ray dating period - 4565 - 4571 m. bp
Early Solar System timescale period - 4565 - 4571 m. bp
extinct radioisotope chronometry period - 4565 - 4571 m. bp
Extinct Radionuclide Timescale period - 4565 - 4571 m. bp
60Fe/60Ni dating period - 4565 - 4571 m. bp
53Mn/53Cr dating period - 4565 m. - 4571 m. bp
niobiumzirconium chronometry period - 4565 m. - 4571 m. bp
107Pd-107Ag dating period - 4565 m. - 4571 m. bp
Pu-Xe dating period - 4565 - 4571 m. bp
geochronometry period - 0-4.6 b. bp
lunar geologic timescale period - 0 - 4600 m. bp
Martian geologic timescale period - 0 - 4600 m. bp
cosmochronology period - 4500 - 4600 m. bp
146Sm-142Nd dating period - 4.5 4.6 b. bp
cross-dating period - 0 - 5700 m. bp
isotope geochemistry period - 0 - 5.7 b. bp
radioisotopic time scale period - 0 - 5700 m. bp
fission track dating period - 0 - 6 b. bp
radioisotope dating period - 0 - 6 b. bp
absolute dating
period - 0 - 13.7 b. bp
cosmological time scale period - 0 - 13.7 b. bp
relative dating period - 0 13.7 b. bp
Early Universe
absolute dating
period - 0 - 13.7 b. bp
cosmological time scale period - 0 - 13.7 b. bp
relative dating period - 0 13.7 b. bp
red shift dating period - 5 m. - 13.7 b. bp
Dating Methods/Pattern
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