Stratigraphic commission accelerates progress, 1984 to 1989

Abstract

By far the largest of the constituent bodies of IUGS is the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), which long predates the Union itself. In recent years it has concentrated on setting global standards for the stratigraphic column.The number of new terms being proposed for Palaeozoic stages and for the Proterozoic is one measure of the close scrutiny that stratigraphers have given the rock column in recent years. The following review by several members of the overall Commission describes some recent newsworthy activities of the ICS. -from Author