End of an Era: New Ruling Decides the Boundaries of Earth's History, September 22, 2009
http://www.physorg.com/news172824857.html After decades of debate and four years of investigation an international body of earth scientists has formally agreed to move the boundary dates for the prehistoric Quaternary age by 800,000 years, reports the Journal of Quaternary Science. The paper is: Gibbard et al., 2009, Formal ratification of the Quaternary System/Period and the Pleistocene Series/Epoch with a base at 2.58 Ma. Journal of Quaternary Science. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122602421/abstract Yours, Paul H. ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list