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geological time

geological time is the alternative form of geologic time.

Meaning of geologic time

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

Questions about geological time

What is geological time the alternative form of?
Geological time is the alternative form of geologic time.

Words near geological time in the dictionary

  1. geologic timescale
  2. geologic timescales
  3. geological
  4. geological matrices
  5. geological matrix
  6. geological time
  7. geological timescale
  8. geological timescales
  9. geologically
  10. geologician
  11. geologicians

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