tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post6674452998712285294..comments2024-01-30T19:45:36.648+11:00Comments on Lounge of the Lab Lemming: Geochronological goofinessC W Mageehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-47290129820879989582009-05-06T07:47:00.000+10:002009-05-06T07:47:00.000+10:00And because I can't leave well enough alone- espec...And because I can't leave well enough alone- especially when I can say someting silly- I would point out that if you wanted to name a period of time between the end of the Hadean and Eoarchean, you might call it the Paleoeoarchean: the ancient dawn of the Archean. A bit before that might be the Eopaleoeoarchean. And so on, ad inifinitum. E-I-E-I-O! ; )Lockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05960762797349483760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-73815339260548780122009-05-06T07:40:00.000+10:002009-05-06T07:40:00.000+10:00It's a confusion of vowels in prefixes: Eo(s)=dawn...It's a confusion of vowels in prefixes: Eo(s)=dawn, Pal, Pale, Paleo= ancient or old. Eoarchean=dawn of the Archean, which is older than Paleoarchean= "old" archean. Eocene=dawn of the recent (time or life), which is <I>younger</I> than Paleocene= "old(er)" dawn of the recent. The fact that "eo" constitutes the first two letters of eos and the last two letters of paleo creates ambiguity of Lockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05960762797349483760noreply@blogger.com