How Relative and Absolute

Dating was Used to develop

the Geologic Time Scale
 What is Geologic Time
Scale?
  is a system of chronological dating that classifies geological strata
(stratigraphy) in time. It is used by geologists, paleontologists, and
other Earth scientists to describe the timing and relationships of
events in geologic history. The time scale was developed through
the study of physical rock layers and relationships as well as the
times when different organisms appeared, evolved and became
extinct through the study of fossilized remains and imprints.
✘Hadean eon
is a geologic eon of the Earth pre-dating the Archean. It began with the
formation of the Earth about 4.6 billion years ago and ended, as defined by the
International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), 4 billion years ago.
 ✘Archean eon
The Archean, is one of the four geologic eons of Earth's history, occurring 3,875 to
2,750 million years ago. During the Archean, the Earth's crust had cooled enough to
allow the formation of continents and the beginning of life on Earth.
✘Proterozoic eon
The Proterozoic is a geological eon spanning the time from the appearance of
oxygen in Earth's atmosphere to just before the proliferation of complex life
(such as trilobites or corals) on the Earth.
 ✘Phanerozoic eon
The Phanerozoic Eon is the current geologic eon in the geologic time scale, and the one during which
abundant animal and plant life has existed. It covers 541 million years to the present, and it began with the 
Cambrian Period when animals first developed hard shells preserved in the fossil record. The time before the
Phanerozoic, called the Precambrian, is now divided into the Hadean, Archaean and Proterozoic eons.