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Etymology Of Period Names

Subject : history
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1. Cold-making - In this period all the Earth froze over






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






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






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






5. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






6. Much lava flowed






7. 'Ancient born'






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






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






10. Much lava flowed






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






12. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






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






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






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






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






17. 'Ancient born'






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






19. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






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






22. Ref. the banded iron formations






23. More chalk formed in this period than any other






24. Nnew born'






25. Nnew born'






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






27. Ref. the banded iron formations






28. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






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






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






32. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






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






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






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






36. More chalk formed in this period than any other






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






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






39. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






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






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






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






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