International Commission on Stratigraphy

commission of the IUGS tasked with the scientific definitions of geological stratigraphy of the Earth
Organization international_non_governmental_organization Q402104
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International Commission on Stratigraphy

Summary

International Commission on Stratigraphy is an international non-governmental organization[1]. It draws 134 Wikipedia views per month (international_non_governmental_organization category, ranking #14 of 64).[2]

Key Facts

  • International Commission on Stratigraphy's field of work was chronostratigraphy[3].
  • International Commission on Stratigraphy's field of work was stratigraphy[4].
  • A notable work attributed to International Commission on Stratigraphy is International Chronostratigraphic Chart[5].
  • A notable work attributed to International Commission on Stratigraphy is ICS Standard Global Chronostratigraphic (Geochronologic) Scale[6].
  • International Commission on Stratigraphy was a member of International Union of Geological Sciences[7].
  • International Commission on Stratigraphy's instance of is recorded as international non-governmental organization[8].
  • International Commission on Stratigraphy's ISNI is recorded as 0000000119547629[9].
  • International Commission on Stratigraphy's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 122705191[10].
  • International Commission on Stratigraphy's GND ID is recorded as 1022833-0[11].
  • International Commission on Stratigraphy's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83035491[12].
  • International Commission on Stratigraphy's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 118678104[13].
  • International Commission on Stratigraphy's IdRef ID is recorded as 026428938[14].
  • International Commission on Stratigraphy's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA00067238[15].
  • International Commission on Stratigraphy's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 36384848[16].
  • +1974-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of International Commission on Stratigraphy[17].
  • International Commission on Stratigraphy's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03kw0t[18].
  • International Commission on Stratigraphy's parent organization or unit is recorded as International Union of Geological Sciences[19].
  • International Commission on Stratigraphy's official website is recorded as https://stratigraphy.org/[20].
  • International Commission on Stratigraphy's BIBSYS ID is recorded as 90295021[21].
  • International Commission on Stratigraphy's NUKAT ID is recorded as n2007031780[22].
  • International Commission on Stratigraphy's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/International-Commission-on-Stratigraphy[23].
  • International Commission on Stratigraphy's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ICS'}[24].
  • International Commission on Stratigraphy's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11fldzjxt4[25].
  • International Commission on Stratigraphy's Canadiana Name Authority ID is recorded as ncf10977066[26].
  • International Commission on Stratigraphy's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007263134005171[27].

Body

Founding

+1974-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of International Commission on Stratigraphy[17].

Identity

International Commission on Stratigraphy's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ICS'}[24].

Operations

International Commission on Stratigraphy's parent organization or unit is recorded as International Union of Geological Sciences[19].

Industry

Fields of work include chronostratigraphy[3], an academic discipline[28] and stratigraphy[4], a branch of geology[29].

Why It Matters

International Commission on Stratigraphy draws 134 Wikipedia views per month (international_non_governmental_organization category, ranking #14 of 64).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [12] . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . wikidata.org.
  16. [5] . wikidata.org.
  17. [6] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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