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Etymology Of Period Names

Subject : history
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1. Tribe in north Wales - where the rocks were first identified






2. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 'Ancient born'






11. Much lava flowed






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






13. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






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






15. Ref. the banded iron formations






16. 'Ancient born'






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






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






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






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






21. More chalk formed in this period than any other






22. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






23. Nnew born'






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






25. Nnew born'






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






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






28. Ref. the banded iron formations






29. More chalk formed in this period than any other






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






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






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






33. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






35. Much lava flowed






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






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






38. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






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






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






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






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






44. Steady - Continents became stable cratons