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Etymology Of Period Names

Subject : history
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1. Stretch - The continental crust stretched as Rodinia broke up






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






3. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






4. 'Ancient born'






5. Nnew born'






6. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






16. Much lava flowed






17. Ref. the banded iron formations






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






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






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






21. Ref. the banded iron formations






22. Nnew born'






23. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






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






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






27. More chalk formed in this period than any other






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






29. 'Ancient born'






30. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






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






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






34. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






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






37. Much lava flowed






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






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






40. More chalk formed in this period than any other






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






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






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






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