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Etymology Of Period Names

Subject : history
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1. More chalk formed in this period than any other






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






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






4. Much lava flowed






5. Much lava flowed






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






7. 'Ancient born'






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






9. More chalk formed in this period than any other






10. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






11. Nnew born'






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






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






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






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






16. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






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






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






19. Ref. the banded iron formations






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






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






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






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






24. 'Ancient born'






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






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






27. Nnew born'






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






29. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






31. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






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






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






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






36. Ref. the banded iron formations






37. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






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






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






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






42. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






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






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