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Description The geological clock: a projection of Earth's 4,5 Ga history on a clock ("Ma" = a million years (Megayear) ago; "Ga" = a billion years (Gigayear) ago)
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current02:11, 13 April 2024Thumbnail for version as of 02:11, 13 April 2024512 × 491 (47 KB)Hakimi97File uploaded using svgtranslate tool (https://svgtranslate.toolforge.org/). Added translation for ms.
17:19, 29 July 2023Thumbnail for version as of 17:19, 29 July 2023512 × 491 (47 KB)Hakimi97File uploaded using svgtranslate tool (https://svgtranslate.toolforge.org/). Added translation for ms.
07:34, 3 January 2021Thumbnail for version as of 07:34, 3 January 2021512 × 491 (24 KB)Jarred C LloydUpdated second "Snowball Earths" to be more accurate with regard to chronology and names in order to better represent the two separate events that occurred-based on current literature. Changed start point of green "Animals" line to better reflect current literature c. 655 Ma. Changed wording of first oxygenation event to better reflect current science, whereby it is the start of atmospheric oxygen increase (only ~10% PAL O<sub>2</sub>, although may be higher initially and then decrease, remai...
07:17, 3 January 2021Thumbnail for version as of 07:17, 3 January 2021803 × 770 (56 KB)Jarred C LloydReverted to version as of 07:22, 22 December 2020 (UTC) to fix errors in formatting that I didn't notice
07:14, 3 January 2021Thumbnail for version as of 07:14, 3 January 2021512 × 491 (34 KB)Jarred C LloydUpdated "second Snowball Earths" times and names to be more accurate and better represent the two separate events that occurred in this time. Adjusted start point of "animals" green line to be more accurate with current literate (c. 655 Ma). Also changed the wording of oxygenation event c. 2300 to be more accurate (atmospheric oxygen only starts to rise at this point, not necessarily oxygen rich, ~10% PAL - the remaining 90% rise is thought to have occurred during Neoproterozoic to Palaeozoic...
07:22, 22 December 2020Thumbnail for version as of 07:22, 22 December 2020803 × 770 (56 KB)Peter coxheadUpdated start of Cambrian explosion
09:51, 26 January 2016Thumbnail for version as of 09:51, 26 January 2016803 × 770 (56 KB)MikenortonUpdated boundaries of Hadean, Paleozoic and Mesozoic - changed 'hominids' to 'hominins' and 'dinosaurs' to 'non-avian dinosaurs' and 'ca.' to 'c.' per MOS
19:35, 20 August 2012Thumbnail for version as of 19:35, 20 August 2012803 × 770 (56 KB)IsadoraofIbizaReplaced "Humans" with "Hominids" to eliminate the need for a disclaimer on the article it's used in, and split "Dinosaurs" from the "Mammals" bar, and some aesthetic changes.
05:58, 31 October 2010Thumbnail for version as of 05:58, 31 October 2010803 × 770 (41 KB)Hardwigg{{RetouchedPicture|Vectorized|editor=Hardwigg|orig=Geologic_clock.jpg}} {{Information |Description=The geological clock: a projection of Earth's 4,5 Ga history on a clock ("MA" = a million years (Megayear) ago; "GA" = a billion years (Gigayear) ago) |Sour

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