description: Either an absolute date or a relative age name describing an
event or period in an alternative time scale such as the Geologic Time
Scale.
example: For example, '300 Ma' (300 million years before present) is a
Geologic_Age_Estimate based on the Absolute Geologic_Time_Scale, 'C28r' is a
chron name from the Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale, and 'Maastrichtian' and
'Jurassic' are names from the International Geological Time Scale. Since
different relative geologic time scales are often not aligned, multiple geologic
dates may need to be specified. For example, the Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale
chron 'C29r', at the K/T boundary lies in both the 'Maastrichtian' and the
'Danian' stages from the International Geological Time Scale, thus if you were
documenting this event using the International Geological Time Scale, both
'Maastrichtian' and 'Danian' should be included here.
alternativeTimeScale/timeScaleName
summary: Name of a recognized alternative time scale.
description: Name of a recognized alternative time scale. This includes
'Absolute' as the name of the time scale for measuring geologic dates before the
present and names of geologic dating systems that are arrangements of symbols or
names in order of relative geologic time.
example: 'Absolute', 'Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale', 'International
Geological Time Scale', 'Oxygen-Isotope'
Special guidance for:
model output
geologic dates
alternativeTimeScale/timeScaleAgeEstimate
alternativeTimeScale/timeScaleName
alternativeTimeScale/timeScaleAgeExplanation alternativeTimeScale/timeScaleAgeUncertainty alternativeTimeScale/timeScaleCitation