Geological Time

What is Geological Time?

  • Geological time is the long period of time occupied by the Earth's geologic history.

  • There are four major eras in Earth's geologic history.

  • There are twelve periods in our geologic history.


Did you know that...

  • Woolly Mammoths were roaming the Earth when the Pyramids were built.

  • The Earth experienced more than 1 million years of rainfall during the Carnian Pluvial episode

  • The planet only started making oxygen 2.5 billion years ago

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