"Chibanian" adopted as 1st Japanese name for geologic age

An international group of geologists on Friday formally adopted the name "Chibanian" for a geologic age spanning 770,000 to 126,000 years ago, researchers said, marking the first time a Japanese name has been chosen.The term means "Chiba age" and is derived from a geological stratum discovered in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. The name was adopted at an executive meeting of the International Union of Geological Sciences in Busan, South Korea.A team including researchers from Ibaraki University and the National Institute of Polar Research filed for registration with the scientific group in…READ FULL ARTICLE