Geological timescale (small)

Geological timescale (large)

Understand what a geological timescale is and try to understand deep time. It isn't easy.

Eras
  Cenozoic (the radiation of mammals and birds)
  Mesozoic (the age of mammals and reptiles... the time of the dinosaurs)

Epochs (these are the later epochs of the Cenozoic, the ones really relevant to human evolution)
  Holocene
  Pleistocene
  Pliocene
  Miocene

Dating methods

Carbon-14

U-series (Uranium-Thorium)

Uranium-lead

Argon-Argon and Potassium-Argon

Fission Track; Thermoluminescence

Archeological periods

Neolithic
Mesolithic (Epipaleolithic)
Paleolithic
  Upper Paleolithic/lSA
  Middle Paleolithic
    MSA
    Mousterian
  Lower Paleolithic
  Cenozoic

Sediments/Geomorphology

Deposition
Erosion
Plate tectonics
Sea-floor spreading
Subduction
Strike
Dip
Basement rocks
Bed
Horizon
Unit
Member
Formation
Unconformity
Faults
  Normal
  Strike-slip
Anticline
Syncline
Horst
Graben
Depositional system
Catchment
Headward erosion
Talus cone
Lacustrine
Riverine/fluviatile
Gradient
Meandering river
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Floodplain
Levee
Point bar
Cut bank
Alluvial fan
Delta
Braided stream
Bed load
Suspended load
Capacity
Competence
Conglomerate
Sandstone
Calcium carbonate/calcrete
Graded beds
Limestone
Flint/chert
Karst
Breccia
Clay
Silt
Sand
Perminerlization (fossil diagenesis)
Mineral replacement and recrystalization (fossil diagenesis)
Sand
Sand
Pyroclastic
Obsidian
Tuff
  Vitiric
  Bentonitic
  AIr fall
Magma
  Flood basalt
  Basalt flow
  Lava