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Eon
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Two or more geological Eras. The Eon is the largest division of geologic time, lasting many hundreds or even several thousands of millions of years, and is defined by particular planetological, geological or biological processes.
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Text by
M. Alan Kazlev
Initially published on 24 October 2001.
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