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Etymology Of Period Names

Subject : history
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1. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






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






3. Nnew born'






4. More chalk formed in this period than any other






5. Much lava flowed






6. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






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






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






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






11. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






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






14. Nnew born'






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






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






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






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






19. 'Ancient born'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






29. Ref. the banded iron formations






30. Much lava flowed






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






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






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






34. More chalk formed in this period than any other






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






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






37. Ref. the banded iron formations






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






39. 'Ancient born'






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






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






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






43. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






44. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded