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{True or False, Ammonite zone duration estimates are made by counting the interpreted precession cycles. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Geochronology is the science of applying dates in the past to? { rocks (i) }
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{Yes or No, The Mesozoic is a younger period than the Paleozoic. + No - Yes
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{The Palaeozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic are eras of the? { Phanerozoic (i) } eon.
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{Complete the text: Match up the geological time unit with the title: Holocene - A Gelasian - B Paleogene - C Triassic - D Devonian - E Archean - F Precambrian - G period of the Mesozoic { D (i) }. supereon { G (i) }. age { B (i) }. eon { F (i) }. epoch { A (i) }. period of the Paleozoic { E (i) } period of the Cenozoic { C (i) }.
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{Orbitally forced cyclicity includes? - Jupiter-Venus conjunctions + chemical and physical proxies from sedimentary rock sequences + palaeoclimatic studies + marine Cenozoic sequences - meteorite impacts from the asteroid belt + spectral analysis of the magnetic susceptibility (MS) record
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{The GSSP section in Drum Mountains, Utah, USA contains? + one main feature that allows for a direct correlation of this marine section with other marine sections + the base of the Drumian Stage - the base GSSP for the Lower Ordovician - the base GSSP for the Middle Cambrian + the top GSSP for the Cambrian Stage 5 - the Ir anomaly at the base of the Boundary Clay - the base GSSP for the Cambrian
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{Which of the following is out of reverse geochronological order? - Permian - Lower Ordovician + Drumian - Middle Cambrian - Stage 3 - Aegean
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{What phenomena may be associated with PreЄ/Є boundary? + the time and geology dated before the Phanerozoic + the eon (or supereon) and rock formations dated before 541.0±1.0 million years ago + the FAD of Trichophycus pedum is the primary stratigraphic tool for correlation of the base (GSSP) for the Fortunian Stage. + coinciding with the first appearance of the fossils of hard-shelled animals - Cambrian Stage 2 + Terreneuvian
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{Yes or No, Hindeodus parvus is now recognized as the index fossil, occurring in the Zone above the P-T boundary. + Yes - No
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{The end-Permian mass extinction coincided with a rapid temperature rise to exceptionally high values in the Early Triassic that were inimical to life in equatorial latitudes and suppressed ecosystem { recovery (i) }.
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{The Permian/Triassic boundary occurs at 248.2 ± 4.8? { Ma|million years ago|million years b2k (i) }
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Hypotheses

 * 1) Tephra layers may be the best geochronometer.