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EARLY DEVONIAN [2 records]

Record 1 2004-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Geology
CONT

... Early Devonian hot spring sinter deposits have been recognized in Scotland ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Géologie
CONT

[...] des gîtes d'or associés à des geysérites de source thermale du Dévonien précoce ont été identifiés en Écosse [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Petrography
  • Archaeology
OBS

From 325,000,000 to 315,000,000 B.C.

OBS

early: the adjective is applied to the name of a geologic-time unit (era, period, epoch) to indicate relative time designation and corresponds to "lower" as applied to the name of the equivalent chronostratigraphic units ... The initial letter of the term is capitalized to indicate a formal subdivision ... and is lowercased to indicate an informal subdivision ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Pétrographie
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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