chronostratigraphy

Question 1

What are the main eons of the chronostratigraphic charts? (oldest -> youngest)

Answer 1

precambrian (hadean, archean, proterozoic), phanerozoic

Question 2

what eras make up the phanerozoic eon? (oldest -> youngest)

Answer 2

palaeozoic, mesozoic, cenozoic

Question 3

what eras make up the hadean eon (oldest -> youngest)

Answer 3

hadean

Question 4

what eras make up the archean eon (oldest -> youngest)

Answer 4

eo-archean, paleo-archean, meso-archean, neo-archean

Question 5

what era make up the proterozoic eon (oldest -> youngest)

Answer 5

paleo-proterozoic, meso-proterozoic, neo-proterozoic

Question 6

what periods make up the paleo-proterozoic era? (oldest->youngest)

Answer 6

siderian, rhyacian, orosirian, statherian

Question 7

what periods make up the meso-proterozoic era? (oldest->youngest)

Answer 7

calymmian, ectasian, stenian

Question 8

what periods make up the neo-proterozoic era? (oldest->youngest)

Answer 8

tonian, cryogenian, ediacaran

Question 9

what periods make up the paleozoic era? (oldest->youngest)

Answer 9

cambrian, ordovician, silurian, devonian, carboniferous, permian

Question 10

what periods make up the mesozoic era? (oldest->youngest)

Answer 10

triassic, jurassic, cretaceous

Question 11

what periods make up the cenozoic era? (oldest->youngest)

Answer 11

paleogene, neogene, quaternary