One of its main aims, a project begun in 1974, is to establish a multidisciplinary standard and global geologic time scale that will ease paleontological and geobiological comparisons … 展开

The ICS publishes various reports and findings as well as revised references periodically, summarized in the International Stratigraphic … 展开

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• "International Chronostratigraphic Chart". stratigraphy.org. Archived from the original on 2024-03-28. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
• "ICS Subcommission for Stratigraphic Information at Purdue University". Retrieved 2018-01-19. 展开

Additionally the ICS defines an alternative type of benchmark and criteria called Global Standard Stratigraphic Ages (GSSAs) where the characteristics and dating criteria set solely by physical sciences methods (such as magnetic alignment sequences, … 展开

The logo of International Commission on Stratigraphy was designed after the Chinese character of "mountain", 山. 展开