5-459: Geon may refer to: Geon (geology) , a time interval Geon (Korean name) , a Korean masculine given name Geon (physics) , a hypothetical gravitational wave packet Geon (psychology) , a geometrical primitive out of which everyday objects can be represented Geon, short for geonim , rabbis in the medieval era Geon, a character from the King of
10-738: A hierarchy of named intervals: eons, eras, periods, etc. (e.g., the Jurassic Period of the Mesozoic Era). Historians subdivide the history of human activity into intervals that are comparatively much shorter. In both geological and historical scales, the divisions of equal rank are characteristically of unequal duration, and the identification of a particular interval is primarily based on its fossil, artifact, or cultural content (e.g., Carboniferous , Neolithic , Dark Ages , Ming Dynasty ). Both scales are calibrated against numerical ages obtained separately. An alternative way of referring to
15-476: The Monsters series of video games Geon: Emotions , a video game for Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade service Geon (video game) , for PlayStation 3's PlayStation Network and Nintendo Wii Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Geon . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
20-465: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Geon&oldid=907813971 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Geon (geology) The term geon (for geological eon ) refers to large, geologic units of time. Geologists traditionally subdivide Earth history into
25-672: The past is to use a scale with intervals of equal duration. We speak of a given decade, century, or millennium. For the enormously long geologic time frame, it is advantageous to use corresponding large, equal time intervals encompassing the events and processes that have shaped our planet. The development of mountain ranges, ocean basins, and continents takes tens to hundreds of millions of years, and large time units thus are convenient for discussing long-term trends. Astronomers use light years and parsecs to deal with huge distances, rather than kilometres. Geologists have geons to refer to large specified time intervals of Earth history. The geon scale
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