1. V. 1. The chronostratigraphic scale / F.M. Gradstein and J.G. Ogg
2. Biochronology / F.M. Gradstein
3. Cyclostratigraphy and astrochronology / L.A. Hinnov and F.J. Hilgen
4. Geomagnetic polarity time scale / J.G. Ogg
5. Radiogenic isotope geochronology / M.D. Schmitz
6. Strontium isotope stratigraphy / J.M. McArthur, R.J. Howarth and G.A. Shields
7. Osmium isotope stratigraphy / B. Peucker-Ehrenbrink and G. Ravizza
8. Sulfur isotope stratigraphy / A. Paytan and E.T. Gray
9. Oxygen isotope stratigraphy / E.L. Grossman
10. Carbon isotope stratigraphy / M.R. Saltzman and E. Thomas
11. A brief history of plants on earth / S.R. Gradstein and H. Kerp
12. Sequence stratigraphy and sea-level change / M.D. Simmons
13. Statistical procedures / F.P. Agterberg, O. Hammer and F.M. Gradstein
14. The planetary time scale / K.L. Tanaka and W.K. Hartmann
15. A chronostratigraphic division of the Precambrian / M.J. Van Kranendonk and contributors
16. The Cryogenian period / G.A. Shields-Zhou, A.C. Hill and B.A. Macgabhann
17. The Ediacaran period / G.M. Narbonne, S. Xiao and G.A. Shields