New Zealand geologic time scale

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title: New Zealand geologic time scale
text: While also using the international geologic time scale, many nations–especially those with isolated and therefore non-standard prehistories–use their own systems of dividing geologic time into epochs and faunal stages. In New Zealand, these epochs and stages use local place names back to the Permian. Prior to this time, names mostly align to those in the Australian geologic time scale, and are not divided into epochs. In practice, these earlier terms are rarely used, as most New Zealand geology
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description: System of dividing geologic time in New Zealand
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_geologic_time_scale
date created: 2005-10-01T09:10:43Z
date modified: 2024-09-02T12:20:46Z
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