82kiloyear

82kiloyear is a time span equaling 82,000 years. It is not a standard SI unit, but is used informally in geology, paleoclimatology, archaeology, and related fields to express long temporal durations.

Common shorthand includes kyr or ka for thousand years; 82 kiloyear is often written as 82 kyr or 82 ka, for example in climate records or stratigraphic descriptions. In metric terms, 82 kyr is 0.082 million years (Ma).

Numerical conversion: 82,000 years corresponds to about 2.6 trillion seconds (using a year defined as 31,557,600 seconds). It can describe time spans such as durations of sediment deposition, intervals between climate oscillations, or phases in human prehistory.

Because "82 kiloyear" is not standardized, its exact interpretation depends on the source; some authors may intend the interval to start at a conventional reference point such as a radiometric age or a stratigraphic boundary, while others treat it as a descriptive duration.

Related terms include kyr and ka for thousand years, Ma for million years, and broader concepts from the geological time scale.