geol_age

925 rows


Description

Geological age - verbatim and International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) age

Columns

Column Type Size Nulls Auto Default Children Parents Comments
age_id serial 10 nextval('geol_age_age_id_seq'::regclass)
geol_context.age_id geol_age_geol_context_fkR

PK. Unique identifier for the reported age. Generated by database

ics_id int4 10 null
dic_ics_age.ics_id ics_age_geol_age_fkR

FK. ID for the formal ICS age. Links to the dic_ics_age table, a dictionary of International Commission on Stratigraphy age names.

verbatim_age varchar 50 null

Verbatim age as reported in publication, or by contributors.

timestamp_created timestamptz 35,6 now()
timestamp_modified timestamptz 35,6 now()
age_notes varchar 4000 null

Notes about how the age was determined.

age_modifier varchar 10 null

Upper, middle,lower - where not part of the official ICS name.

Indexes

Constraint Name Type Sort Column(s)
geol_age_id Primary key Asc age_id
verbatim_age_idx Performance

Relationships