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Etymology Of Period Names

Subject : history
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1. County in England in which rocks from this period were first identified






2. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






3. More chalk formed in this period than any other






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 'Ancient born'






14. 'Ancient born'






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






16. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






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






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






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






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






22. Ref. the banded iron formations






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






24. Nnew born'






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






26. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






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






28. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






30. Much lava flowed






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






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






33. Nnew born'






34. Much lava flowed






35. More chalk formed in this period than any other






36. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






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






38. Ref. the banded iron formations






39. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






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






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






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






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