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geologic time

geologic time noun: time in relation to specific geologic features or events recorded in the Earth's rock strata.

Noun

geologic time (uncountable)

  1. Time in relation to specific geologic features or events recorded in the Earth's rock strata.
    • Geologic time is simply time used in the context of earth history, determined by geologic methods. Our only record of the passage of geologic time lies in the Earth's rock strata. This record is imperfect, but it is our only one.1978, George Vincent Cohee, Martin Fritz Glaessner, Hollis Dow Hedberg, editors, Contributions to the Geologic Time Scale […] , American Association of Petroleum Geologists, →ISBN, page 34

geologic time meaning in Tamil

geologic time in Tamil

புவி வரலாற்றுக் காலம்

Forms of geologic time

alternative formgeological time

Questions about geologic time

What does geologic time mean?
Geologic time means time in relation to specific geologic features or events recorded in the Earth's rock strata.
What is geologic time in Tamil?
Geologic time in Tamil is புவி வரலாற்றுக் காலம். See Geologic time meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is geologic time?
Geologic time is a noun.

Words near geologic time in the dictionary

  1. geologic
  2. geologic era
  3. geologic eras
  4. geologic joint
  5. geologic joints
  6. geologic time
  7. geologic time scale
  8. geologic time scales
  9. geologic timescale
  10. geologic timescales
  11. geological

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