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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2017

Judy Scotchmoor
Judy Scotchmoor*
Affiliation:
University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, CA 94720-4780
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Telling the history of the earth requires placing events in sequence so that reference can be given to the relative and/or numerical time at which each event occurred. This helps to make sense out of the enormous expanse of time that has elapsed since the origin of the earth. This activity will help students to understand the methods used by geologists in creating the Geologic Time Scale.

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Research Article
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The Paleontological Society Papers , Volume 2: Learning from the Fossil Record , October 1996 , pp. 127 - 136
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Copyright © 1996 by The Paleontological Society 

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