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Its primary objective is to define precisely global units (systems, series and stages) of the International Chronostratigraphic Chart that, in turn, are the basis for the units (periods, epochs and age) of the International Geological Time Scale; thus setting global standards for the fundamental scale for expressing the history of the Earth. The work of the Commission is divided between seventeen subcommissions, each responsible for a specific period of geological time. Their work is overseen and co-ordinated by an executive of 6 officers.</h4> <hr /> <div style="text-align:center; width:75%;"> <div style="border:solid 2px black; padding: 10px; width:300px;"> <p><a href="news/152">Joint statement by the IUGS and ICS<br />on the vote by the ICS Subcommission<br />on Quaternary Stratigraphy</a></p> <p>21-03-2024</p> </div> </div> <h2 id="news">News</h2> <ul> <li><a href="news/153">Albian and Hauterivian GSSP ceremonies</a> [12-08-2024]</li> <li><a href="news/152">Joint statement by the IUGS and ICS on the vote by the ICS Subcommission<br />on Quaternary Stratigraphy</a> [21-03-2024]</li> <li><a href="news/151">Telychian & Aeronian GSSPs relocated</a> [09-02-2024]</li> <li><a href="news/150">The 2023/06 International Chronostratigraphic chart is released</a> [30-06-2023]</li> <li><a href="news/149">IUGC 2022 Annual Report</a> [30-05-2023]</li> <li><a href="news/148">“The Internetian Age” YouTube link</a> [06-02-2023]</li> <li><a href="news/147">New book on stratigraphical methods</a> [23-01-2023]</li> <li> <p><a href="news/146">Prize nominations open</a> [18-01-2023]</p> <p><img src="images/ukraine.jpg" style="width:450px;" /></p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <footer> © 2013-2023 International Commission on Stratigraphy, all rights reserved </footer> </div> </body> </html>