ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
,
Natural Sciences in General
,
Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] Instead of a ?billion? years, the name, aeon (or eon), is sometimes used, particularly in meteorite chronology4. Iii normal parlance, however, an aeon refers to an immeasur ably long or an indefinite period of time. In addition, it has been proposed that Eon be used as a unit of time stratigraphy5. ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/214634a0
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