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Geological stages: Towards integrated science

On this text the main pretention is to give an structure to a possible argumentation around
the geological issue of establishing general measurements that could be used and
interpreted by any capable geologist, referring to the so called earth stages, relevant to
predict its age and in some manner its history. The main reason for this argument
emphasizes on the importance to give a science-based argumentation around the criteria
and possible usage of universal geological parameters, that could directly or indirectly
solve interrogations on this specific science branch.
Taking into account the series of informational voids around this topic, emerges a
particular concern when referring to what is the base or main criteria for the geological
units and measurement procedures necessary to establish geological stages that can be
interpreted by scientists around the globe; so, as the main question to solve along this
brief essay, its necessary to consider: which are the main reasons for creating a geological
structure that allow scientist to interpret facts related to earth`s history in a universal way
transcending any border and context? And, how is this structure (geological stages)
created? Confronting both of the questions mentioned and the context that demarks them
(which would be explained with more detail further on), arises a particular position in
favor of methods that encourages a global science and therefore, geology and which also
manifests as the main point to discuss throughout this text, in which will be argued the
fact that the main reason to create a geological structure to comprehend earths history
and development in a universal way, is to lay down the theoretical foundations of recent
and future analysis about different earth`s phenomena, as a language merged from the
molecular earth`s analysis that conglomerates every event on each of the earth layers and
sections.

Whit the purpose of giving a clear argumentation and to lead the reader, its necessary to
clear up that the text will be divided into three parts, each one valued as an argument into
the text to develop the main discussion recently mentioned. The argumentation process

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will be held on in deductive manners, taking into account that the topic will flow from
general ideas, to specific or concrete issues.

First of all, is vital to understand what is assumed into the framework to defend, as a
geological stage and how it is vital to develop investigations on this area and/or to
generate and answer different doubts that would improve knowledge on our earth`s
history. This concept according to Gradstein , Ogg and Van Kranendonk (2008), refers to
a measurement system by using stratigraphy that allows to recreate and have a better
understanding of different phenomenon occurred along earth`s history. This system is the
first approximation to what would lead geological studies into an universal
comprehension area that could also give this science much more academical value that
the one that it currently has, in the way that gives the opportunity to integrate different
disciplines and methods into one new scientific understanding of nature.

In addition to what was just presented, currently the importance of managing a global
geological language or method to understand and proceed on earth is in most of the cases
underrated, presenting once again one more reason to fulfill all those empty spaces when
talking about stratigraphy and geological stages as a universal language for almost
mandatory usage in geology. On example for this can be found on a hydropower project
that was carried out in Mexico, which actually managed a quite big amount of trouble for
not taking into account previous phenomena in the area, that led to different overflows,
landslides and construction delays, nly for not carrying out an exhaustive investigation of
the area, leading to consider that geological investigations should be as complete as
possible to obtain full knowledge of the site more accurately (Vasquez et al, 2012:441)
and introducing the geological stages and time scales as a tool not only for earth`s age
measurement but also for terrain recognition.

Talking about how this tool was generated and the importance of these processes,
geologist and other earth`s scientists followed steps related to the establishment of basi
units of measurements from radio related units, to molecules or atoms and their particular
isotope, this process held on in order to be able to proceed by the same criteria all around

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the globe (Gradstein et al, 2008). This method is evidenced on the Uranium and Osmium
correlations and analysis, presented by Selby during 2007 (Selby quoted on Gradstein et
al, 2008).

As a final analysis, the global information provided by the time scales or stages generated
by geology and by molecular analysis as the main criteria, also builds up a theoretical
context in the way that provides the fundamental information from an specific area or
areas before jumping into conclusions on how to interact with it, avoiding accidental
ruptures on the nature`s balance or normal flow, that can be predicted by interpreting
historical geological data.

To conclude, as it was presented during the text, the general geological language
established by its stages or time scales, its vital for every analysis on earth`s changes
and/or current status, in the way that besides providing understandable data for scientist
to proceed and interpret, also sets up theoretic foundations for almost every procedure or
investigation in this academic area, in the way that it consolidates as the main context
from which this scientific approach to nature must be build on.

References:

Gradstein F.;Ogg J. and Van Kranendonk M (2004) On the geologic time scale 2008 (On
line) , Retrieved from: http://www.stratigraphy.org/bak/gts2008.pdf , Tuesday September
2th 2014.

Contreras ;Serrano ;Quevedo and Sanchez (2012) The importance of geological and
gephysicial exploration cost in the construction of hydroelectric dams comparative
examples

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Mexico

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http://www.arpapress.com/Volumes/Vol12Issue3/IJRRAS_12_3_13.pdf,
September 2th 2014.

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