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Etymology Of Period Names

Subject : history
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1. Wales - Ref. to the place in Great Britain where Cambrian rocks are best exposed






2. Place in Australia where the Ediacaran biota fossils were found






3. County in England in which rocks from this period were first identified






4. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






5. Ref. the banded iron formations






6. Tribe in north Wales - where the rocks were first identified






7. Triad - In Germany this period forms three distinct layers






8. County in England in which rocks from this period were first identified






9. Region in Russia where rocks from this period were first identified






10. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






11. 'Fourth' - This was initially deemed the 'fourth' period after the now-obsolete 'primary' - 'secondary' and 'tertiary' periods.






12. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






13. Wales - Ref. to the place in Great Britain where Cambrian rocks are best exposed






14. Cold-making - In this period all the Earth froze over






15. Region in Russia where rocks from this period were first identified






16. Narrow - Much orogeny - which survives as narrow metamorphic belts






17. Nnew born'






18. 'Fourth' - This was initially deemed the 'fourth' period after the now-obsolete 'primary' - 'secondary' and 'tertiary' periods.






19. Coal - Global coal beds were laid in this period






20. 'Ancient born'






21. Mountain range - Much orogeny in this period's latter half






22. Much lava flowed






23. More chalk formed in this period than any other






24. Tribe in north Wales - where the rocks were first identified






25. Tribe in south Wales - where the rocks were first identified






26. Tribe in south Wales - where the rocks were first identified






27. Triad - In Germany this period forms three distinct layers






28. More chalk formed in this period than any other






29. Cold-making - In this period all the Earth froze over






30. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






31. Mountain range in the Alps in which rocks from this period were first identified






32. Ref. the banded iron formations






33. Stretch - The continental crust stretched as Rodinia broke up






34. Coal - Global coal beds were laid in this period






35. Nnew born'






36. Mountain range - Much orogeny in this period's latter half






37. 'Ancient born'






38. Much lava flowed






39. Stretch - The continental crust stretched as Rodinia broke up






40. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






41. Narrow - Much orogeny - which survives as narrow metamorphic belts






42. Mountain range in the Alps in which rocks from this period were first identified






43. Place in Australia where the Ediacaran biota fossils were found






44. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded