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