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Etymology Of Period Names

Subject : history
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1. Region in Russia where rocks from this period were first identified






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






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






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






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






6. Much lava flowed






7. Much lava flowed






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






9. Ref. the banded iron formations






10. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






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






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






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






15. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






16. Nnew born'






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






18. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






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






21. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






22. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






24. Ref. the banded iron formations






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






26. Nnew born'






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






28. More chalk formed in this period than any other






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






30. More chalk formed in this period than any other






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






32. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 'Ancient born'






44. 'Ancient born'