Concept information
Preferred term
Tertiary period
Definition
- The Tertiary period (ca. 66.4 to 1.8 million years ago [Ma]) was an interval of enormous geologic, climatic, oceanographic, and biologic change. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Warming & Climate Change; Tertiary Period]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Tertiary_period
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