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TimeScale Creator
Entry ID: CHRONOS_TSC

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Summary
Abstract: This test-prototype version is mainly a Cenozoic-Cretaceous framework (re-calibrated to GTS2004), and contains the following:

(1) Full era-period-series-stages for entire time scale through Precambrian, and sub-stages for Mesozoic.

(2) Magnetic polarity zones (Cenozoic-Cretaceous).

(3) Sequences (Cenozoic-Cretaceous; with "Hardenbol" indications of relative magnitudes of SB and MSF, plus option ... View entire text
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Description: International Commission on Stratigraphy
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Service Citation
Originators: Gradstein et al, 2004, Cambridge Univ. Press
Title: TimeScale Creator
Provider: CHRONOS
URL: http://portal.chronos.org/gridsphere/gridsphere?cid=tools_tsc
Parent SERF
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CHRONOS
Service Keywords
DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION >VISUALIZATION/IMAGE PROCESSING Parameter Definition

Access Constraints Users must create an account with CHRONOS and login to download software.
Use Constraints TS Creator runs under the Java runtime environment (1.5 (Java 5) or higher) and is downloaded and launched from the CHRONOS web site via Java WebStart. With the initial download, the application is cached on your hard drive and run locally. Thereafter, you can run the program offline (without an internet connection). However, if you are online when you start the program, WebStart will automatically check whether an updated version is available from the CHRONOS website.
Ancillary Keywords
Geologic Time Scale
Stratigraphy
Geology

Service Provider
CHRONOS > CHRONOS Supplemental Info
Service Organization URL: http://www.chronos.org/

Service Provider Personnel
Name: CHRONOS
Phone: 515-294-5439
Fax: 515-294-6049
Email: questions at chronos.org
Contact Address:
Iowa State University
Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences
275 Science I
City: Ames
Province or State: Iowa
Postal Code: 50011-3212
Country: USA
Distribution Media
Distribution_Media: Online
Fees: No fees
Personnel
TYLER B. STEVENS
Role: SERF AUTHOR
Phone: (301) 614-6898
Fax: 301-614-5268
Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
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Creation and Review Dates
SERF Creation Date: 2009-06-16
SERF Last Revision Date: 2009-06-18
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