Science Atlas

How We Know What We Know
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Source

Geologic Time Scale (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Wikipedia's topic entry on the geologic time scale, its hierarchy of eons, eras, periods, epochs and ages, and the International Commission on Stratigraphy's role maintaining it today.

Facts
Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_time_scale
Source Type
reference
Reliability Tier
3
A community edited tertiary reference, used here for an uncontested topic definition sourced to the International Commission on Stratigraphy's own stated role as the scale's maintaining authority.
Sources
Geologic Time Scale (Wikipedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)

This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Concepts, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

Holds

1

General References

2
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.