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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. Stretch - The continental crust stretched as Rodinia broke up






3. 'Ancient born'






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






5. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






6. 'Ancient born'






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






8. More chalk formed in this period than any other






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






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






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






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






13. Ref. the banded iron formations






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






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






16. Much lava flowed






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






18. More chalk formed in this period than any other






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






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






21. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






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






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






25. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






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






28. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






29. Nnew born'






30. Much lava flowed






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






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






33. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






34. Nnew born'






35. Ref. the banded iron formations






36. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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