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Etymology Of Period Names

Subject : history
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1. Ref. the banded iron formations






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






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






4. Much lava flowed






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






6. More chalk formed in this period than any other






7. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






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






18. 'Ancient born'






19. Much lava flowed






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






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






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






23. 'Ancient born'






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






25. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






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






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






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






30. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






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






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






33. Nnew born'






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






35. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






36. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






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






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






40. Nnew born'






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






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






43. More chalk formed in this period than any other






44. Ref. the banded iron formations