Introduction / F.M. Gradstein
Chronostratigraphy : linking time and rock / F.M. Gradstein, J.G. Ogg and A.G. Smith
Biostratigraphy : time scales from graphic and quantitative methods / F.M. Gradstein, R.A. Cooper and P.M. Sadler
Earth's orbital parameters and cycle stratigraphy / L.A. Hinnov
The geomagnetic polarity time scale / J.G. Ogg and A.G. Smith
Radiogenic isotope geochronology / M. Villeneuve
Strontium isotope stratigraphy / J.M. McArthur and R.J. Howarth
Geomathematics / F.P. Agterberg
The Precambrian : the Archean and Proterozoic eons / L.J. Robb ... [et al.]
Toward a "natural" Precambrian time scale / W. Bleeker
The Cambrian period / J.H. Shergold and R.A. Cooper
The Ordovician period / R.A. Cooper and P.M. Sadler
The Silurian period / M.J. Melchin, R.A. Cooper and P.M. Sadler
The Devonian period / M.R. House and F.M. Gradstein
The Carboniferous period / V. Davydov, B.R. Wardlaw and F.M. Gradstein
The Permian period / B.R. Wardlaw, V. Davydov and F.M. Gradstein
The Triassic period / J.G. Ogg
The Jurassic period / J.G. Ogg
The Cretaceous period / J.G. Ogg, F.P. Agterberg and F.M. Gradstein
The Paleogene period / H.P. Luterbacher ... [et al.]
The Neogene period / L. Lourens ... [et al.]
The Pleistocene and Holocene epochs / P. Gibbard and T. van Kolfschoten
Construction and summary of the geologic time scale / F.M. Gradstein, J.G. Ogg and A.G. Smith
Appendix 1. Recommended color coding of stages / F.M. Gradstein and J.G. Ogg
Appendix 2. Orbital tuning calibrations and conversions for the Neogene period / L. Lourens ... [et al.]
Appendix 3. Geomathematics / F.P. Agterberg.