Stage (stratigraphy) — In chronostratigraphy, a stage is a succession of rock strata laid down in an single age on the geologic timescale, which usually represents millions of years of deposition. A given stage of rock and the corresponding age of time will by… … Wikipedia
Geological history of India — The geological history of India started with the geological evolution of rest of the Earth i.e. 4.57 bya (billion years ago). India has a diverse geology. Different regions in India contain rocks of all types belonging to different geologic… … Wikipedia
Geological history of Earth — impacting the Earth in a glancing blow. [cite journal | last = R. Canup and E. Asphaug | title = Origin of the Moon in a giant impact near the end of the Earth s formation | journal = Nature | volume = 412 | pages = 708–712 | date = 2001 | url =… … Wikipedia
Hoxnian Stage — The Hoxnian Stage is a middle Pleistocene stage of the geological history of the British Isles. It precedes the Wolstonian Stage and follows the Anglian Stage. The Hoxnian Stage corresponds to the Holstein Interglacial (or Stage ) in northern… … Wikipedia
Illinoian Stage — The Illinoian Stage is the name used by Quaternary geologists in North America to designate middle Pleistocene glacial and interglacial deposits. It precedes the Wisconsin Stage and follows the Pre Illinoian Stage in North America. The Illinoian… … Wikipedia
Pre-Illinoian Stage — The Pre Illinoian Stage is the name currently used for early and middle Pleistocene glacial and interglacial deposits within North America. As the oldest stage in the North American nomenclature, it precedes the Illinoian Stage.Hallberg, G.R.,… … Wikipedia
Wolstonian Stage — The Wolstonian interglacial is the former name for a middle Pleistocene stage that is now known as the Wolstonian Stage in the British Isles. It precedes the Ipswichian Stage (Eemian Stage in Europe) and follows the Hoxnian Stage in the British… … Wikipedia
Anglian (stage) — The Anglian Stage is the name for a middle Pleistocene stage used in the British Isles. It precedes the Hoxnian Stage and follows the Cromerian Stage in the British Isles. The Anglian Stage is equivalent to the Elsterian Stage of northern… … Wikipedia
Anglian Stage — The Anglian Satge is the name for a middle Pleistocene stage used in the British Isles. It precedes the Hoxnian Stage and follows the Cromerian Stage in the British Isles. The Anglian Stage is equivalent to the Elsterian Stage of Europe and… … Wikipedia
Gasconadian Stage — The Gasconadian Stage is the first stage of the Ordovician geologic period in North America and of the Lower Ordovician Canadian Epoch, coming immediately after the Late Cambrian Trempealeauan and preceding the middle Canadian Demingian. The… … Wikipedia
Sicilian Stage — The Sicilian European Stage is a European faunal stage in the period of geological time between 0.781 +/ 0.005 Ma and 0.26 Ma (million years ago). It is considered to be in the middle of the Pleistocene epoch.The Sicilian Stage starts with the… … Wikipedia