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"Mountain age" can be used to indicate how old a mountain is in two ways: in years, which is most useful for relatively young mountains like volcanoes, or by the geologic time period in which it arose, which is most useful for older mountains.
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  Pleistocene The maximum extent of glacial ice in the north polar area during Pleistocene time
The Pleistocene (pronounced /ˈplaɪstəsiːn/) is the epoch from 2.588 million to 12 000 years BP covering the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek πλεῖστος (pleistos "most") and καινός (kainos ...
  Pleistocene The maximum extent of glacial ice in the north polar area during Pleistocene time
The Pleistocene (pronounced /ˈplaɪstəsiːn/) is the epoch from 2.588 million to 12 000 years BP covering the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek πλεῖστος (pleistos "most") and καινός (kainos ...
  Precambrian Salah satu bentang alam bentukan masa Prakambrium
The Precambrian (Pre-Cambrian) is an informal name for the span of time before the current Phanerozoic Eon, and is divided into several eons of the geologic time scale. It spans from the formation of Earth around 4500 Ma (million years ago) to the...
  Pleistocene The maximum extent of glacial ice in the north polar area during Pleistocene time
The Pleistocene (pronounced /ˈplaɪstəsiːn/) is the epoch from 2.588 million to 12 000 years BP covering the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek πλεῖστος (pleistos "most") and καινός (kainos ...
  Paleozoic Asaphiscuswheelerii
The Paleozoic or Palaeozoic Era (from the Greek palaios (παλαιός), "old" and zoe (ζωή), "life", meaning "ancient life") is the earliest of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic eon. The Paleozoic spanned from roughly 542 to 251 million years ago ...
  Pleistocene The maximum extent of glacial ice in the north polar area during Pleistocene time
The Pleistocene (pronounced /ˈplaɪstəsiːn/) is the epoch from 2.588 million to 12 000 years BP covering the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek πλεῖστος (pleistos "most") and καινός (kainos ...
  Holocene VeyoVolcano
The Holocene is a geological epoch which began approximately 11,700 years ago (10 000 C years ago). According to traditional geological thinking, the Holocene continues to the present. The Holocene is part of the Neogene and Quaternary periods. Its...
  Permian Edaphosaurus, a Eupelycosaurian
The Permian is a geologic period and system characterized by widespread, diverse and maturing lifeforms which comes just after the Carboniferous and that extends from 299.0 ± 0.8 to 251.0 ± 0.4 Ma (million years before the present). It is the last...
  Pliocene Oliva sayana
The Pliocene epoch (spelled Pleiocene in older texts) is the period in the geologic timescale that extends from 5.332 million to 2.588 million years before present. The Pliocene is the second and youngest epoch of the Neogene period in the Cenozoic...
  Pleistocene The maximum extent of glacial ice in the north polar area during Pleistocene time
The Pleistocene (pronounced /ˈplaɪstəsiːn/) is the epoch from 2.588 million to 12 000 years BP covering the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek πλεῖστος (pleistos "most") and καινός (kainos ...
  Pleistocene The maximum extent of glacial ice in the north polar area during Pleistocene time
The Pleistocene (pronounced /ˈplaɪstəsiːn/) is the epoch from 2.588 million to 12 000 years BP covering the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek πλεῖστος (pleistos "most") and καινός (kainos ...
  Pliocene Oliva sayana
The Pliocene epoch (spelled Pleiocene in older texts) is the period in the geologic timescale that extends from 5.332 million to 2.588 million years before present. The Pliocene is the second and youngest epoch of the Neogene period in the Cenozoic...
  Cenozoic Mammals are the dominant creatures of Cenozoic.
The Cenozoic (also Cænozoic or Cainozoic) Era (pronounced /ˌsiːnɵˈzoʊɪk/, /ˌsɛnəˈzoʊɪk/) (meaning "new life" (Greek καινός (kainos), "new", and ζωή (zoe), "life"), is the most recent of the three classic geological eras and covers the period from 65...
  Holocene VeyoVolcano
The Holocene is a geological epoch which began approximately 11,700 years ago (10 000 C years ago). According to traditional geological thinking, the Holocene continues to the present. The Holocene is part of the Neogene and Quaternary periods. Its...
  Pleistocene The maximum extent of glacial ice in the north polar area during Pleistocene time
The Pleistocene (pronounced /ˈplaɪstəsiːn/) is the epoch from 2.588 million to 12 000 years BP covering the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek πλεῖστος (pleistos "most") and καινός (kainos ...
  Pleistocene The maximum extent of glacial ice in the north polar area during Pleistocene time
The Pleistocene (pronounced /ˈplaɪstəsiːn/) is the epoch from 2.588 million to 12 000 years BP covering the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek πλεῖστος (pleistos "most") and καινός (kainos ...
  Late Cretaceous Geography of the US in the Late Cretaceous Period
The Late Cretaceous (99.6 – 65.5 Ma) is the youngest of two epochs in which the Cretaceous period is divided in the geologic timescale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous series. The Cretaceous is named after the famous white...
  Holocene VeyoVolcano
The Holocene is a geological epoch which began approximately 11,700 years ago (10 000 C years ago). According to traditional geological thinking, the Holocene continues to the present. The Holocene is part of the Neogene and Quaternary periods. Its...
  Holocene VeyoVolcano
The Holocene is a geological epoch which began approximately 11,700 years ago (10 000 C years ago). According to traditional geological thinking, the Holocene continues to the present. The Holocene is part of the Neogene and Quaternary periods. Its...
  Holocene VeyoVolcano
The Holocene is a geological epoch which began approximately 11,700 years ago (10 000 C years ago). According to traditional geological thinking, the Holocene continues to the present. The Holocene is part of the Neogene and Quaternary periods. Its...
  Cretaceous Geography of the US in the Late Cretaceous Period
The Cretaceous (pronounced /kriːˈteɪʃəs/), Latin language for "chalky", usually abbreviated K for its German translation Kreide (chalk), is a geologic period and system from circa 145.5 ± 4 to 65.5 ± 0.3 million years ago (Ma). In the geologic...
  Pleistocene The maximum extent of glacial ice in the north polar area during Pleistocene time
The Pleistocene (pronounced /ˈplaɪstəsiːn/) is the epoch from 2.588 million to 12 000 years BP covering the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek πλεῖστος (pleistos "most") and καινός (kainos ...
  Triassic Triassic sandstone near Stadtroda, Germany.
The Triassic is a geologic period and system that extends from about 251 to 199 Ma (million years ago). As the first period of the Mesozoic Era, the Triassic follows the Permian and is followed by the Jurassic. Both the start and end of the Triassic...
  Holocene VeyoVolcano
The Holocene is a geological epoch which began approximately 11,700 years ago (10 000 C years ago). According to traditional geological thinking, the Holocene continues to the present. The Holocene is part of the Neogene and Quaternary periods. Its...
  Paleozoic Asaphiscuswheelerii
The Paleozoic or Palaeozoic Era (from the Greek palaios (παλαιός), "old" and zoe (ζωή), "life", meaning "ancient life") is the earliest of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic eon. The Paleozoic spanned from roughly 542 to 251 million years ago ...
  Cretaceous Geography of the US in the Late Cretaceous Period
The Cretaceous (pronounced /kriːˈteɪʃəs/), Latin language for "chalky", usually abbreviated K for its German translation Kreide (chalk), is a geologic period and system from circa 145.5 ± 4 to 65.5 ± 0.3 million years ago (Ma). In the geologic...
  Pleistocene The maximum extent of glacial ice in the north polar area during Pleistocene time
The Pleistocene (pronounced /ˈplaɪstəsiːn/) is the epoch from 2.588 million to 12 000 years BP covering the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek πλεῖστος (pleistos "most") and καινός (kainos ...
  Cretaceous Geography of the US in the Late Cretaceous Period
The Cretaceous (pronounced /kriːˈteɪʃəs/), Latin language for "chalky", usually abbreviated K for its German translation Kreide (chalk), is a geologic period and system from circa 145.5 ± 4 to 65.5 ± 0.3 million years ago (Ma). In the geologic...
  Holocene VeyoVolcano
The Holocene is a geological epoch which began approximately 11,700 years ago (10 000 C years ago). According to traditional geological thinking, the Holocene continues to the present. The Holocene is part of the Neogene and Quaternary periods. Its...
  Devonian Ductina vietnamica
The Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era spanning from 416 to 359.2 million years ago (ICS, 2004). It is named after Devon, England, where rocks from this period were first studied. During the Devonian Period, which occurred...
  Holocene VeyoVolcano
The Holocene is a geological epoch which began approximately 11,700 years ago (10 000 C years ago). According to traditional geological thinking, the Holocene continues to the present. The Holocene is part of the Neogene and Quaternary periods. Its...
  Pleistocene The maximum extent of glacial ice in the north polar area during Pleistocene time
The Pleistocene (pronounced /ˈplaɪstəsiːn/) is the epoch from 2.588 million to 12 000 years BP covering the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek πλεῖστος (pleistos "most") and καινός (kainos ...
  Holocene VeyoVolcano
The Holocene is a geological epoch which began approximately 11,700 years ago (10 000 C years ago). According to traditional geological thinking, the Holocene continues to the present. The Holocene is part of the Neogene and Quaternary periods. Its...
  Holocene VeyoVolcano
The Holocene is a geological epoch which began approximately 11,700 years ago (10 000 C years ago). According to traditional geological thinking, the Holocene continues to the present. The Holocene is part of the Neogene and Quaternary periods. Its...
  Silurian Silurian reef complex on Gotland, Sweden.
The Silurian is a geologic period and system that extends from the end of the Ordovician period, about 443.7 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago), to the beginning of the Devonian period, about 416.0 ± 2.8 Ma (ICS, 2004). As with other geologic periods, the...
  Holocene VeyoVolcano
The Holocene is a geological epoch which began approximately 11,700 years ago (10 000 C years ago). According to traditional geological thinking, the Holocene continues to the present. The Holocene is part of the Neogene and Quaternary periods. Its...
  Pliocene Oliva sayana
The Pliocene epoch (spelled Pleiocene in older texts) is the period in the geologic timescale that extends from 5.332 million to 2.588 million years before present. The Pliocene is the second and youngest epoch of the Neogene period in the Cenozoic...
  Pleistocene The maximum extent of glacial ice in the north polar area during Pleistocene time
The Pleistocene (pronounced /ˈplaɪstəsiːn/) is the epoch from 2.588 million to 12 000 years BP covering the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek πλεῖστος (pleistos "most") and καινός (kainos ...
  Oligocene Mesohippus
The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present. As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the period are well identified but the exact dates...
  Holocene VeyoVolcano
The Holocene is a geological epoch which began approximately 11,700 years ago (10 000 C years ago). According to traditional geological thinking, the Holocene continues to the present. The Holocene is part of the Neogene and Quaternary periods. Its...
  Holocene VeyoVolcano
The Holocene is a geological epoch which began approximately 11,700 years ago (10 000 C years ago). According to traditional geological thinking, the Holocene continues to the present. The Holocene is part of the Neogene and Quaternary periods. Its...
  Pleistocene The maximum extent of glacial ice in the north polar area during Pleistocene time
The Pleistocene (pronounced /ˈplaɪstəsiːn/) is the epoch from 2.588 million to 12 000 years BP covering the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek πλεῖστος (pleistos "most") and καινός (kainos ...
  Quaternary Stratigraphische Gliederung des Quartär für das nordostdeutsche Tiefland
The Quaternary period is the youngest of three periods of the Cenozoic era in the geologic time scale of the ICS. It follows after the Neogene period, spanning 2.588 +/- 0.005 million years ago to the present. The Quaternary includes two geologic...
  Holocene VeyoVolcano
The Holocene is a geological epoch which began approximately 11,700 years ago (10 000 C years ago). According to traditional geological thinking, the Holocene continues to the present. The Holocene is part of the Neogene and Quaternary periods. Its...
  Holocene VeyoVolcano
The Holocene is a geological epoch which began approximately 11,700 years ago (10 000 C years ago). According to traditional geological thinking, the Holocene continues to the present. The Holocene is part of the Neogene and Quaternary periods. Its...
  Holocene VeyoVolcano
The Holocene is a geological epoch which began approximately 11,700 years ago (10 000 C years ago). According to traditional geological thinking, the Holocene continues to the present. The Holocene is part of the Neogene and Quaternary periods. Its...
  Cretaceous Geography of the US in the Late Cretaceous Period
The Cretaceous (pronounced /kriːˈteɪʃəs/), Latin language for "chalky", usually abbreviated K for its German translation Kreide (chalk), is a geologic period and system from circa 145.5 ± 4 to 65.5 ± 0.3 million years ago (Ma). In the geologic...
  Paleogene Especial importancia tuvieron los mesohippus (caballos).
The Paleogene (alternatively Palæogene, informally Lower Tertiary) is a geologic period and system that began 65.5 ± 0.3 and ended 23.03 ± 0.05 million years ago and comprises the first part of the Cenozoic era. Lasting 42 million years, the...
  Cretaceous Geography of the US in the Late Cretaceous Period
The Cretaceous (pronounced /kriːˈteɪʃəs/), Latin language for "chalky", usually abbreviated K for its German translation Kreide (chalk), is a geologic period and system from circa 145.5 ± 4 to 65.5 ± 0.3 million years ago (Ma). In the geologic...
  Pleistocene The maximum extent of glacial ice in the north polar area during Pleistocene time
The Pleistocene (pronounced /ˈplaɪstəsiːn/) is the epoch from 2.588 million to 12 000 years BP covering the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek πλεῖστος (pleistos "most") and καινός (kainos ...
  Pleistocene The maximum extent of glacial ice in the north polar area during Pleistocene time
The Pleistocene (pronounced /ˈplaɪstəsiːn/) is the epoch from 2.588 million to 12 000 years BP covering the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek πλεῖστος (pleistos "most") and καινός (kainos ...
  Oligocene Mesohippus
The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present. As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the period are well identified but the exact dates...
  Pleistocene The maximum extent of glacial ice in the north polar area during Pleistocene time
The Pleistocene (pronounced /ˈplaɪstəsiːn/) is the epoch from 2.588 million to 12 000 years BP covering the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek πλεῖστος (pleistos "most") and καινός (kainos ...
  Cretaceous Geography of the US in the Late Cretaceous Period
The Cretaceous (pronounced /kriːˈteɪʃəs/), Latin language for "chalky", usually abbreviated K for its German translation Kreide (chalk), is a geologic period and system from circa 145.5 ± 4 to 65.5 ± 0.3 million years ago (Ma). In the geologic...
  Pleistocene The maximum extent of glacial ice in the north polar area during Pleistocene time
The Pleistocene (pronounced /ˈplaɪstəsiːn/) is the epoch from 2.588 million to 12 000 years BP covering the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek πλεῖστος (pleistos "most") and καινός (kainos ...
  Devonian Ductina vietnamica
The Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era spanning from 416 to 359.2 million years ago (ICS, 2004). It is named after Devon, England, where rocks from this period were first studied. During the Devonian Period, which occurred...
  Holocene VeyoVolcano
The Holocene is a geological epoch which began approximately 11,700 years ago (10 000 C years ago). According to traditional geological thinking, the Holocene continues to the present. The Holocene is part of the Neogene and Quaternary periods. Its...
  Holocene VeyoVolcano
The Holocene is a geological epoch which began approximately 11,700 years ago (10 000 C years ago). According to traditional geological thinking, the Holocene continues to the present. The Holocene is part of the Neogene and Quaternary periods. Its...
  Pleistocene The maximum extent of glacial ice in the north polar area during Pleistocene time
The Pleistocene (pronounced /ˈplaɪstəsiːn/) is the epoch from 2.588 million to 12 000 years BP covering the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek πλεῖστος (pleistos "most") and καινός (kainos ...
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