Relationship To Earth's Geologic Time Scale
Since little or no geological evidence on Earth exists from the time spanned by the Early Imbrian epoch of the Moon, the Early Imbrian has been used by at least one notable scientific work as an unofficial subdivision of the terrestrial Hadean eon.
| Hadean Eon | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hadean doesn't have any recognizable subdivisions categorized by the International Commission on Stratigraphy. The following subdivisions represent one proposal that is loosely based on the lunar geologic time scale. | |||
| Cryptic | Basin Groups | Nectarian | Lower Imbrian |
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