Datum level

Japanese: datum level(英語表記)datumlevel
Datum level

…For this reason, each paleontological species gives us a time plane that divides geological time into three periods: before the species appeared, during the period when the species flourished, and after the species became extinct. Such time planes are called datum levels or datum planes, and are used to arrange geological phenomena in the context of distant regions across oceans or continents. In this way, a geological system is constructed, which is an ideal stack of rock layers that continuously records the entire history of the Earth. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そのために,それぞれの古生物種が,種の出現以前,種が栄えた期間,絶滅以後と,地質時代を3区分する時間面を与えてくれる。このような時間面を示準面datum level,datum planeと呼び,大洋全域あるいは大陸間にまたがる遠隔の地域間での地質現象を前後の関係に配列するのに使われる。 このようにして,地球の歴史全体を連続して記録するような,理想的な岩層の積み重なりである地質系統が組み立てられる。…

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