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TRIASSIC TIME [3 records]

Record 1 2010-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Geology
CONT

For instance, with reference to the Geologic time scale, the Upper Permian(Lopingian) lasted from 270. 6 +/-0. 7 Ma(Ma=millions of years ago) until somewhere between 250. 1 +/-0. 4 Ma(oldest known Triassic) and 260. 4 +/-0. 7 Ma(youngest known Lopingian)-a gap in known, dated fossil assemblages of nearly 10 Ma.

OBS

time scale: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Géologie
CONT

L'échelle chronologique qui a été utilisée est celle de Gradstein et Ogg (1996). Des renseignements publiés ou non ont servi à dater les épisodes biostratigraphiques (disparitions du taxon et apparitions du taxon) observés pendant l'étude.

OBS

échelle chronologique : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Petrography
  • Geology
DEF

The first period of the Mesozoic era after the Permian of the Paleozoic era, and before the Jurassic ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Pétrographie
  • Géologie
DEF

Période géologique la plus reculée de l'ère secondaire où se sont déposées ces roches et qui précède le jurassique.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Geology
DEF

The second period of the Mesozoic era(after the Triassic and before the Cretaceous), thought to have covered the span of time between 190 and 135 million years ago...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Géologie
DEF

Deuxième période de l'ère secondaire, divisée en trois parties : Jurassique inférieur (Lias), Jurassique moyen (Dogger), Jurassique supérieur (Malm).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cronología
  • Geología
DEF

Período de la Era Secundaria, de 60 millones de años.

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