Geochronology
Travel back through time with data spanning eons.
Get information about a geological eon, era, period or epoch:
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Properties of Geologic Time Units
Query for properties of geochronology.
Compute the duration of a geological time division:
Find relationships between geological time divisions:
Compare information across geological time divisions:
Get data on biodiversity:
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Ice Ages
Explore the various ice ages, glaciations and interglacial periods that have occurred throughout geologic time.
Query for ice ages or the individual glacial episodes within them:
Compare the geological time periods of the various ice ages:
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Notable Ancient Events
Discover a variety of notable events that occurred during various geologic time units.
Identify events occurring during a specified division:
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Paleoclimate
Discover how the Earth's climate has changed over time.
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Paleogeography
Visualize the position of Earth's continental plates over time.
Generate maps of ancient continent configurations:
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Geochronology Lookup
Determine the geological time unit, and related information, that corresponds to an ancient date in the past.
Find the geological epoch corresponding to a given time:
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