Interesting E.T. diversion: Martian Geo. Timescale

[Phil Bigelow <bigelowp@juno.com>]

I dug this up from the 'Net over a year ago. (It's not a joke).
>From the Martian perspective, humans and nonavian dinosaurs live in the
same geologic period!  Interesting Greek/Latin etymology for the names.


Martian Geologic Timescale (in billions of years)


Late Amazonian............0.3 - Today

Middle Amazonian..........1.4 - 0.3

Early Amazonian...........2.9 - 1.4

Late Hesperian............3.4 - 2.9

Early Hesperian...........3.5 - 3.4

Late Noachian.............3.7 - 3.5

Middle Noachian...........3.8 - 3.7

Early Noachian............4.5 - 3.8



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