简介:AGeologicTimeScale(GTS2004)ispresentedthatintegratescurrentlyavailablestratigraphicandgeochronologicinformation.Keyfeaturesofthenewscaleareoutlined,howitwasconstructed,andhowitcanbefurtherimproved.TheaccompanyingInternationalStratigraphicChart,issuedunderauspicesoftheInternationalCommissiononStratigraphy(ICS),showsthecurrentchronostratigraphicscaleandageswithestimatesofuncertaintyforallstageboundaries.SpecialreferenceismadetothePrecambrianpartofthetimescale,whichiscomingofageintermsofdetail,andtotheNeogeneportion,whichhasattainedanultra-high-precisionabsolute-agecalibration.