Standard Stratigraphic(al) Scale
Standard Stratigraphic(al) Scale (SSS) (Standard Global Chronostratigraphic Scale, SGCS) Globally standardized stratigraphic scale whose chronostratigraphic units will ultimately all be delimited by boundary stratotypes.
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