durée géologique

Definitions of durée géologique
  1. noun
    the time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history)
    synonyms: temps géologique
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    types:
    époque
    a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages
    période glaciale
    any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface
    type of:
    temps
    the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
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