Task: Class Definition Understanding (ontology: Earth_Environment/GeoCoreOntology)

Which of the following definitions best describes 'geological age'?

A. A quality of an information bearer that imparts the information content
B. b is a the concept = Def. for some independent continuants c, d and for some time t: b quality of c at t & b quality of d at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [057-001])
C. A quality which inheres in a continuant.
D. It is a quality that 'inheres in' a 'geological object' or 'earth material' that corresponds to the 'geological time interval' in which the 'geological process' that it was 'generated by' occupied.

Answer: It is a quality that 'inheres in' a 'geological object' or 'earth material' that corresponds to the 'geological time interval' in which the 'geological process' that it was 'generated by' occupied.