Geological time Archives - The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation One Of The World's Most Important Fossil Sites Sun, 06 Dec 2020 22:59:03 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.burgess-shale.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/cropped-cropped-Adobe-Express-file-32x32.png Geological time Archives - The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation 32 32 The Burgess Shale and its Place in Geological Time https://www.burgess-shale.bc.ca/the-burgess-shale-and-its-place-in-geological-time/ Wed, 06 Feb 2019 23:11:51 +0000 https://www.burgess-shale.bc.ca/?p=2315 Geological time is exceptionally hard to fathom. If you are like me, you probably have difficulty conceiving of a million years. The Earth is currently 4.543 billion years old. While this number is much smaller than the federal debt of most developed nations, it is still enormous. To help comprehend such large numbers we often […]

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