Ever since people had begun to catalog the strata in particular outcrops, there had been the hope that these could somehow be used to calculate geological time.
"从人们开始对地表的特殊岩层进行编目和分类时起，大家就开始期望能够以某种方式利用这些岩层来计算地质年代。
The cosmos operates for us very urgently, but geological time is different.
宇宙对我们施加的影响非常紧迫，但是地质时间却与众不同。
Biochronology The measurement of geological time using biological events.
使用生物学事件来测量地质学时间。
In the 18th James Hutton opened up depths of geological time that dwarf the narrow now.
18世纪的詹姆斯·赫顿(James Hutton)开辟了地质时代的深度，现在这个研究范围已经很窄了。
Pangea existed between 550 and 200 million years ago--which is relatively recent in geological time.
根据最新的地质时期表，泛古陆存在于2亿至5.5亿年前。
Of course, we're talking geological time here, which is measured in tens of thousands of years.
当然，我们现在谈论的是地史时期，是以数万年测量的。
Scientists are now debating whether it should be officially included in the Geological Time Scale.
科学家正讨论是否应正式把这个时期列入地质年代表。
The most common way of distinguishing periods of geological time is by means of the fossils they contain.
判断地质时代的最常用方法就是通过研究化石中所包含的信息。
Evidence of abrupt change — on a geological time scale — wrought by human hands would seem to be overwhelming.
人类造成的突变(以地质时期为尺度衡量)，其证据触目惊心。
Like the Palaeozoic Era, the Mesozoic Era has been divided into smaller units of geological time called period.
如同古生代一样，中生代也可划分成一些叫纪的较小的时间单位。
Paleogeotherm is important for understanding the thermal structure of lithosphere at a specific geological time.
古地温曲线是岩石圈在特定地质时期热结构的集中体现。
Mountains (455 seconds) shows a mineral world in motion, where mountains are evolving in a virtual and a speeded up geological time.
“群山”展示了一个具有极速地理时间的世界，其中延绵不断的山脉以非同寻常的速度生长、进化。
The sudden appearance of abundant and varied fossils makes a worldwide time line for dividing the geological time scale into two main parts.
丰富多样的化石的突然出现为在世界范围内把地质年代划分为两大主要部份提供了时间界限。
The tasks facing Japan are staggering. But a country does not live on a geological time bomb without some accommodation by the national psyche.
虽然日本任重道远，但是处在这样一个危机重重地地理位置上，日本人的国民性必然有所适应。
It's equally hard to fathom the ages of geological time that drive evolution or to directly see the folding and unfolding of DNA on an everyday basis.
同样，在日常生活中，你是无法看透这个逐渐演化的地质年代或者是DNA的盘旋曲折。
Various trap types have been formed in Tarim Basin during geological time. The two most important ones are drape anticline and block buried-hill trap types.
在塔里木盆地众多的圈闭类型中，中生界披覆背斜圈闭和以下古生界为主的断块潜山（或潜山）圈闭是最重要的两种高产圈闭型式。
Four metallogenetic epochs occurred in different tectonic environments during the evolution of the Northern Qilian metallogenetic province through geological time.
北祁连金属成矿省在地质历史演化过程的不同构造环境内形成了四个主要金属成矿幕。
Although changes in the rock made in a year can certainly be described as rapid, the concept of "ultimately" in geological time could be thousands-or even millions-of years.
虽然一年内岩石发生的变化可被认为是迅速的，但是对地质时间而言，“最终”这个概念可以是几千年，甚至几百万年。
The second major era of geological time which lasted from the end of the Palaeozoic era about 225 million years ago, to the start of the Tertiary, some 70 million years ago.
中生代是地质时期的第二个大时代，从大约2.25亿年前的古生代末延续到约7千亿年前的第三纪初。
There were many hydrocarbon plays with long geological time span in the western part of Pearl River Mouth Basin. The major plays were different from one structural zone to another.
珠江口盆地西部成藏组合多且时代跨度大，不同构造带主力成藏组合明显不同。
It is also possible to read about the history of the geological time scale, and find out more about how it is organised, or go to a specific time period using the UCMP geologic time Machine.
从这里可以了解地质时标的历史，地质时标的组成，也可以利用加州大学古生物博物馆的“时间机器”进入特定的地质时期。
The four components o theartwork speak respectively of geological time, contemporary time in thevillage, historical time in the village, and the tension of the physical bodyexisting within this time.
作品由四个部分构成，分别叙述了自然的时间、村庄当下的时间、村庄的历史时间以及人的肉身处于其中的张力。
The soil contains evidence of the influence of man since the Stone age, bose explains, and this age has already been treated as an independent geological era for a long time.
土壤中含有着石器时代的人影响的证据，波瑟解释说，这一个时期作为一个独立的地质时代来说已经有很长一段时间了。
Even though contemporary time is just a blink in geological terms, the findings still have modern relevance, said Whiteside.
怀特塞德表示即便当代在地质时间上只是短短一瞬，但是这些发现仍然具有其现代意义。
Geologists care about sediments, hammering away at them to uncover what they have to say about the past-especially the huge spans of time as the Earth passes from one geological period to another.
地质学家关注沉积物，通过它们地质学家可以揭示过去，特别是在地球从一个地质年代跨越到另一个地质年代时那些巨大的时间跨度。
"An earthquake could occur at any point in time after closing," warns the Moody's report, which comes complete with scary-looking geological charts.
“认购交易完成后，地震任何时候都有可能发生。”穆迪在报告中警告道。在报告的最后，穆迪还附上一些令人提心吊胆的地质图表。
The giant waves followed a massive earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, that struck about 120 miles off the Samoan coast at 6:48 a.m. local time Tuesday.
据美国地质调查局(U.S. Geological Survey)的报告，当地时间周二早晨6点48分在距萨摩亚海岸约120英里的海域发生了里氏8.0级的大地震，随后发生了海啸。
The 5.2-magnitude quake struck at 5:37 a.m. local time in the Sichuan province, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
据美国地震监测网的说法，这场5.2级的地震于当地时间清晨5：37发生于四川省。
The 5.2-magnitude quake struck at 5:37 a.m. local time in the Sichuan province, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
据美国地震监测网的说法，这场5.2级的地震于当地时间清晨5：37发生于四川省。
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