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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. Place in Australia where the Ediacaran biota fossils were found






3. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






5. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






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






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






8. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






10. Nnew born'






11. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






12. 'Ancient born'






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






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






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






16. Ref. the banded iron formations






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






18. 'Ancient born'






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






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






21. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Nnew born'






29. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






30. Much lava flowed






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






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






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






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






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






36. Much lava flowed






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






38. More chalk formed in this period than any other






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






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






41. Ref. the banded iron formations






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






43. More chalk formed in this period than any other






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