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The age of the Earth and the invention of geological time

Author(s) -

Joe D. Burchfield

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

geological society london special publications

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.673

H-Index - 132

eISSN - 2041-4927

pISSN - 0305-8719

DOI - 10.1144/gsl.sp.1998.143.01.12

Subject(s) - earth (classical element) , geology , astrobiology , earth science , mathematics , physics , mathematical physics

During Charles Lyell's lifetime the concept of geological time was gradually rendered meaningful through the construction of a heuristic geological timescale, the development of quantitative methods to calculate the duration of that scale, and the acceptance of a quantitatively determinable limit to the age of the Earth. This paper describes a few episodes in the process of 'inventing' the concept of geological time, episodes chosen primarily for their relevance to the work of Lyell. Reflecting on the panoramic,record of the Earth's

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