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Etymology Of Period Names
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1. Mountain range in the Alps in which rocks from this period were first identified
Jurassic - 200 Ma - Jura Mountains
Devonian - 416 Ma - Devon
Ediacaran - 635 Ma - Ediacara Hills
Ediacaran - 635 Ma - Ediacara Hills
2. More chalk formed in this period than any other
Rhyacian - 2300 Ma - Gk. rhyax
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
Tonian - 1000 Ma - Gk. tonos
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
3. Stretch - Platform covers expanded
Jurassic - 200 Ma - Jura Mountains
Ordovician - 488 Ma - Celtic Ordovices
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
Stenian - 1200 Ma - Gk. stenos
4. Narrow - Much orogeny - which survives as narrow metamorphic belts
Jurassic - 200 Ma - Jura Mountains
Permian - 299 Ma - Perm Krai
Carboniferous - 359 Ma - Lt. carbo
Stenian - 1200 Ma - Gk. stenos
5. Triad - In Germany this period forms three distinct layers
Carboniferous - 359 Ma - Lt. carbo
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
Siderian - 2500 Ma - Greek sideros
Paleogene - 65 Ma - Gk. palaiogenos
6. Stretch - The continental crust stretched as Rodinia broke up
Tonian - 1000 Ma - Gk. tonos
Jurassic - 200 Ma - Jura Mountains
Ediacaran - 635 Ma - Ediacara Hills
Paleogene - 65 Ma - Gk. palaiogenos
7. Place in Australia where the Ediacaran biota fossils were found
Ediacaran - 635 Ma - Ediacara Hills
Tonian - 1000 Ma - Gk. tonos
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
Orosirian - 2050 Ma - Gk. oroseira
8. Narrow - Much orogeny - which survives as narrow metamorphic belts
Stenian - 1200 Ma - Gk. stenos
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
Cambrian - 542 Ma - Latin Cambria
Calymmian - 1600 Ma - Gk. calymma
9. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded
Carboniferous - 359 Ma - Lt. carbo
Jurassic - 200 Ma - Jura Mountains
Calymmian - 1600 Ma - Gk. calymma
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
10. 'Ancient born'
Orosirian - 2050 Ma - Gk. oroseira
Cryogenian - 850 Ma - Gk. cryogenicos
Paleogene - 65 Ma - Gk. palaiogenos
Permian - 299 Ma - Perm Krai
11. Nnew born'
Carboniferous - 359 Ma - Lt. carbo
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
Neogene - 23 Ma - Gk. neogenos
Statherian - 1800 Ma - Gk. statheros
12. Mountain range - Much orogeny in this period's latter half
Siderian - 2500 Ma - Greek sideros
Orosirian - 2050 Ma - Gk. oroseira
Rhyacian - 2300 Ma - Gk. rhyax
Statherian - 1800 Ma - Gk. statheros
13. Tribe in south Wales - where the rocks were first identified
Jurassic - 200 Ma - Jura Mountains
Silurian - 444 Ma - Ctc. Silures
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
Cambrian - 542 Ma - Latin Cambria
14. Mountain range - Much orogeny in this period's latter half
Silurian - 444 Ma - Ctc. Silures
Orosirian - 2050 Ma - Gk. oroseira
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
Ediacaran - 635 Ma - Ediacara Hills
15. Ref. the banded iron formations
Siderian - 2500 Ma - Greek sideros
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
Statherian - 1800 Ma - Gk. statheros
16. County in England in which rocks from this period were first identified
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
Cambrian - 542 Ma - Latin Cambria
Devonian - 416 Ma - Devon
Rhyacian - 2300 Ma - Gk. rhyax
17. Tribe in north Wales - where the rocks were first identified
Ordovician - 488 Ma - Celtic Ordovices
Ediacaran - 635 Ma - Ediacara Hills
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
18. Wales - Ref. to the place in Great Britain where Cambrian rocks are best exposed
Jurassic - 200 Ma - Jura Mountains
Rhyacian - 2300 Ma - Gk. rhyax
Statherian - 1800 Ma - Gk. statheros
Cambrian - 542 Ma - Latin Cambria
19. Cold-making - In this period all the Earth froze over
Cryogenian - 850 Ma - Gk. cryogenicos
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
Tonian - 1000 Ma - Gk. tonos
20. Nnew born'
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
Ediacaran - 635 Ma - Ediacara Hills
Siderian - 2500 Ma - Greek sideros
Neogene - 23 Ma - Gk. neogenos
21. 'Ancient born'
Cryogenian - 850 Ma - Gk. cryogenicos
Calymmian - 1600 Ma - Gk. calymma
Cambrian - 542 Ma - Latin Cambria
Paleogene - 65 Ma - Gk. palaiogenos
22. Steady - Continents became stable cratons
Calymmian - 1600 Ma - Gk. calymma
Statherian - 1800 Ma - Gk. statheros
Rhyacian - 2300 Ma - Gk. rhyax
Ediacaran - 635 Ma - Ediacara Hills
23. Mountain range in the Alps in which rocks from this period were first identified
Permian - 299 Ma - Perm Krai
Jurassic - 200 Ma - Jura Mountains
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
Ordovician - 488 Ma - Celtic Ordovices
24. Cold-making - In this period all the Earth froze over
Cryogenian - 850 Ma - Gk. cryogenicos
Orosirian - 2050 Ma - Gk. oroseira
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
Statherian - 1800 Ma - Gk. statheros
25. Ref. the banded iron formations
Siderian - 2500 Ma - Greek sideros
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
Devonian - 416 Ma - Devon
Cryogenian - 850 Ma - Gk. cryogenicos
26. Region in Russia where rocks from this period were first identified
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
Permian - 299 Ma - Perm Krai
Statherian - 1800 Ma - Gk. statheros
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
27. 'Fourth' - This was initially deemed the 'fourth' period after the now-obsolete 'primary' - 'secondary' and 'tertiary' periods.
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
Calymmian - 1600 Ma - Gk. calymma
28. Region in Russia where rocks from this period were first identified
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
Permian - 299 Ma - Perm Krai
Ordovician - 488 Ma - Celtic Ordovices
Silurian - 444 Ma - Ctc. Silures
29. Wales - Ref. to the place in Great Britain where Cambrian rocks are best exposed
Tonian - 1000 Ma - Gk. tonos
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
Paleogene - 65 Ma - Gk. palaiogenos
Cambrian - 542 Ma - Latin Cambria
30. More chalk formed in this period than any other
Calymmian - 1600 Ma - Gk. calymma
Ediacaran - 635 Ma - Ediacara Hills
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
Rhyacian - 2300 Ma - Gk. rhyax
31. Tribe in south Wales - where the rocks were first identified
Devonian - 416 Ma - Devon
Stenian - 1200 Ma - Gk. stenos
Silurian - 444 Ma - Ctc. Silures
Tonian - 1000 Ma - Gk. tonos
32. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded
Calymmian - 1600 Ma - Gk. calymma
Cryogenian - 850 Ma - Gk. cryogenicos
Jurassic - 200 Ma - Jura Mountains
Silurian - 444 Ma - Ctc. Silures
33. Coal - Global coal beds were laid in this period
Carboniferous - 359 Ma - Lt. carbo
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
Permian - 299 Ma - Perm Krai
Statherian - 1800 Ma - Gk. statheros
34. Stretch - Platform covers expanded
Ediacaran - 635 Ma - Ediacara Hills
Permian - 299 Ma - Perm Krai
Stenian - 1200 Ma - Gk. stenos
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
35. Place in Australia where the Ediacaran biota fossils were found
Ediacaran - 635 Ma - Ediacara Hills
Ordovician - 488 Ma - Celtic Ordovices
Statherian - 1800 Ma - Gk. statheros
Statherian - 1800 Ma - Gk. statheros
36. Steady - Continents became stable cratons
Rhyacian - 2300 Ma - Gk. rhyax
Jurassic - 200 Ma - Jura Mountains
Statherian - 1800 Ma - Gk. statheros
Silurian - 444 Ma - Ctc. Silures
37. Stretch - The continental crust stretched as Rodinia broke up
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
Tonian - 1000 Ma - Gk. tonos
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
38. Tribe in north Wales - where the rocks were first identified
Stenian - 1200 Ma - Gk. stenos
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
Neogene - 23 Ma - Gk. neogenos
Ordovician - 488 Ma - Celtic Ordovices
39. Much lava flowed
Tonian - 1000 Ma - Gk. tonos
Rhyacian - 2300 Ma - Gk. rhyax
Statherian - 1800 Ma - Gk. statheros
Stenian - 1200 Ma - Gk. stenos
40. Triad - In Germany this period forms three distinct layers
Cryogenian - 850 Ma - Gk. cryogenicos
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
41. Coal - Global coal beds were laid in this period
Cambrian - 542 Ma - Latin Cambria
Rhyacian - 2300 Ma - Gk. rhyax
Devonian - 416 Ma - Devon
Carboniferous - 359 Ma - Lt. carbo
42. County in England in which rocks from this period were first identified
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
Permian - 299 Ma - Perm Krai
Devonian - 416 Ma - Devon
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
43. 'Fourth' - This was initially deemed the 'fourth' period after the now-obsolete 'primary' - 'secondary' and 'tertiary' periods.
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
Rhyacian - 2300 Ma - Gk. rhyax
Jurassic - 200 Ma - Jura Mountains
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
44. Much lava flowed
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
Rhyacian - 2300 Ma - Gk. rhyax
Ediacaran - 635 Ma - Ediacara Hills
Permian - 299 Ma - Perm Krai