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Combined Timeline

Atomic Years
Era
Years Before Christ

Years After Creation
14 - 8 billion Creation Week 5810 0
8 - 4.57 billion unnamed 5810 - 5344 0 - 466
4.57 - 3.8 billion Hadean 5344 - 5114 466 - 696
3.8 - 2.5 billion Archean 5114 - 4594 696 - 1216
2.5 billion - 900 million Early Proterozoic 4594 - 3677 1216 - 2133
900 - 600 million Cryogenian 3677 - 3460 2133 - 2350

Catastrophe 1
730 million

"Snowball Earth"
Noah's Flood

 3554 2256
600 - 542 million Ediacaran 3460 - 3418 2350 - 2392
542 - 488 million Cambrian 3418 - 3377 2392 - 2433
488 - 443 million Ordovician 3377 - 3342 2433 - 2468
443 - 416 million Silurian 3342 - 3321 2468 - 2489
416 - 359 million Devonian 3321 - 3277 2489 - 2533
359 - 299 million Carboniferous 3277 - 3231 2533 - 2579
299 - 251 million Permian 3231 - 3182 2579 - 2628

Catastrophe 2
251 million

Permian Extinction
Babel Catastrophe

 3182 2628
251 - 200 million Triassic 3182 - 3139 2628 - 2671
200 - 146 million Jurassic 3139 - 3092 2671 - 2718
146 - 65.5 million Cretaceous 3092 - 3023 2718 - 2787

Catastrophe 3
65.5 million

K/T Extinction
Peleg Division begins

 3023 is start 2787 is start
65.5 - 23 million Tertiary - Paleogene 3023 - 2988 2787 - 2822
23 - 1.81 million Tertiary - Meogene 2988 - 2864 2822 - 2946
2.6 million Ice Age begins
Time of Job		 about 2900 about 2910
1.81 million - 2345 BC Quaternary 2864 - 2345 2946 - 3465

 

Archaeozoic Era

(Creation Week to Catastrophe 1)

Calendar Years 2256 years long (Ediacaran not included)

Atomic years (from Hadean on) 3.9 billion years long (Ediacaran not included as standard geology is currently revising the dates and classifications of this time to include the Ediacaran, although it is after the "Snowball Earth"/Flood catastrophe)

At the initial point of Creation, light speed 6.25 x 1011 times current speed

At the end of Creation Week, it was down to 340 million times its current speed.

This era closes with Catastrophe 1. In standard geology it is often referred to as the time of "Snowball Earth." In the Bible is it Noah's Flood. It is also the time of the initial axis tilt of the earth.

At the close of this era, light speed was about 1.38 million times is current speed.

 

Paleozoic Era

(Cambrian to Permian)

Calendar years -- 372 years long

Atomic Years -- 479 million years long

This era closes with Catastrophe 2: In standard geology it is the time of the Permian Extinction. Biblically, this corresponds to the destruction of the Tower of Babel.

At the close of this era, the speed of light was 1.2 million times its current speed.

 

Mesozoic Era

(Triassic to Cretaceous)

Calendar Years -- 159 years long

Atomic Years -- 185.5 million years long

This era closes with Catastrophe 3. In standard geology it is the K/T Extinction. Biblically this corresponds to the time of Peleg and the beginning of the separation of the continental plates. This time is also marked by a much higher axis tilt.

Light speed at the close of this era was about 1.13 million times its current speed.

 

Cenozoic Era

(Paleogene to Quaternary, to the end of the Ice Age)

Calendar Years -- about 678 years long

Atomic years -- about 65.5 million years long

The light speed curve is now flat enough to show the oscillations.

 

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