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Etymology Of Period Names

Subject : history
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1. 'Fourth' - This was initially deemed the 'fourth' period after the now-obsolete 'primary' - 'secondary' and 'tertiary' periods.






2. Nnew born'






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






4. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






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






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






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






8. More chalk formed in this period than any other






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






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






11. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






12. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






14. 'Ancient born'






15. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






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






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






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






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






21. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






22. Ref. the banded iron formations






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






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






25. 'Ancient born'






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






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






28. Nnew born'






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






30. Much lava flowed






31. Ref. the banded iron formations






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






40. Much lava flowed






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






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






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






44. More chalk formed in this period than any other