Definition of Erathem

1. the group of rock strata of a particular era [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Erathem

eraserlike
erasers
erases
erasin
erasing
erasions
erastai
erastes
erastian
erasure
erasure code
erasure codes
erasures
eratapokriseis
erathem (current term)
erathems
erb
erbia
erbian
erbias
erbium
erbium oxide
erbiums
ercalcidiol
ercalciol
ercalcitriol
ercedeken
ercedekens

Literary usage of Erathem

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Surveying the Record: North American Scientific Exploration to 1930 by Edward Carlos Carter (1999)
"... chronostratigraphic (erathem, system, series, subseries), and time-independent lithostratigraphic (supergroup, group, formation, member) units, ..."

2. Chigaku zasshi by Chigakukai (Japan), Tōkyō Chigaku Kyōkai (1879)
"... the one concerning the boundary itself, and the other one related to the so-called mass extinction at or near the erathem boundary. As to the former, ..."

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