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A Chronological Survey of Sedimentary Landforms in the Continental United States

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A Chronological Survey is ultimately intended to serve as the companion and reference volume to a larger work entitled Introduction to Stratigraphy and Sedimentation. The Survey will explore the environmental conditions that existed during each Geologic time period from the Cambrian to the present, and will select one or more localities for each time period to examine in detail. We will not cover the Precambrian at this time, but may add chapters on that later.

Together, these works are a massive undertaking that will require much time to complete. The primary author welcomes contributions from others!

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Geologic Time Scale
Geologic Time Scale

Development stage: 60% (as of 17 December 2008)Introduction

The Cenozoic

Development stage: 00% (as of 17 December 2008)Quaternary

Development stage: 00% (as of 17 December 2008)Neogene

Development stage: 00% (as of 17 December 2008)Paleogene

Development stage: 00% (as of 17 December 2008)The KT Boundary

The Mesozoic

Development stage: 00% (as of 17 December 2008)Cretaceous

Development stage: 00% (as of 17 December 2008)Jurassic

Development stage: 00% (as of 17 December 2008)Triassic

Development stage: 00% (as of 17 December 2008)The PT Boundary

The Paleozoic

Development stage: 00% (as of 17 December 2008)Permian

Development stage: 00% (as of 17 December 2008)Pennsylvanian

Development stage: 00% (as of 17 December 2008)Mississippian

Development stage: 00% (as of 17 December 2008)Devonian

Development stage: 00% (as of 17 December 2008)Silurian

Development stage: 00% (as of 17 December 2008)Ordovician

Development stage: 90% (as of 17 December 2008)Cambrian