Timing of Major Geological Events in past 260 Million Years (IMAGE)

New York University

Timing of Major Geological Events in past 260 Million Years

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NYU researchers found that global geologic events are generally clustered at 10 different timepoints over the 260 million years, grouped in peaks or pulses of roughly 27.5 million years apart.

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Rampino et al., <em>Geoscience Frontiers</em>

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