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Etymology Of Period Names
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1. Ref. the banded iron formations
Siderian - 2500 Ma - Greek sideros
Jurassic - 200 Ma - Jura Mountains
Statherian - 1800 Ma - Gk. statheros
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
2. Mountain range - Much orogeny in this period's latter half
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
Orosirian - 2050 Ma - Gk. oroseira
Paleogene - 65 Ma - Gk. palaiogenos
Ediacaran - 635 Ma - Ediacara Hills
3. Mountain range in the Alps in which rocks from this period were first identified
Carboniferous - 359 Ma - Lt. carbo
Siderian - 2500 Ma - Greek sideros
Jurassic - 200 Ma - Jura Mountains
Stenian - 1200 Ma - Gk. stenos
4. 'Ancient born'
Cryogenian - 850 Ma - Gk. cryogenicos
Orosirian - 2050 Ma - Gk. oroseira
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
Paleogene - 65 Ma - Gk. palaiogenos
5. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded
Calymmian - 1600 Ma - Gk. calymma
Silurian - 444 Ma - Ctc. Silures
Permian - 299 Ma - Perm Krai
Silurian - 444 Ma - Ctc. Silures
6. Place in Australia where the Ediacaran biota fossils were found
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
Ediacaran - 635 Ma - Ediacara Hills
Siderian - 2500 Ma - Greek sideros
Tonian - 1000 Ma - Gk. tonos
7. More chalk formed in this period than any other
Paleogene - 65 Ma - Gk. palaiogenos
Ordovician - 488 Ma - Celtic Ordovices
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
8. Stretch - Platform covers expanded
Calymmian - 1600 Ma - Gk. calymma
Rhyacian - 2300 Ma - Gk. rhyax
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
Cambrian - 542 Ma - Latin Cambria
9. Coal - Global coal beds were laid in this period
Orosirian - 2050 Ma - Gk. oroseira
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
Devonian - 416 Ma - Devon
Carboniferous - 359 Ma - Lt. carbo
10. Narrow - Much orogeny - which survives as narrow metamorphic belts
Cambrian - 542 Ma - Latin Cambria
Rhyacian - 2300 Ma - Gk. rhyax
Permian - 299 Ma - Perm Krai
Stenian - 1200 Ma - Gk. stenos
11. Wales - Ref. to the place in Great Britain where Cambrian rocks are best exposed
Calymmian - 1600 Ma - Gk. calymma
Silurian - 444 Ma - Ctc. Silures
Cambrian - 542 Ma - Latin Cambria
Devonian - 416 Ma - Devon
12. Wales - Ref. to the place in Great Britain where Cambrian rocks are best exposed
Permian - 299 Ma - Perm Krai
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
Cambrian - 542 Ma - Latin Cambria
Ordovician - 488 Ma - Celtic Ordovices
13. Tribe in north Wales - where the rocks were first identified
Siderian - 2500 Ma - Greek sideros
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
Ordovician - 488 Ma - Celtic Ordovices
14. Nnew born'
Neogene - 23 Ma - Gk. neogenos
Carboniferous - 359 Ma - Lt. carbo
Tonian - 1000 Ma - Gk. tonos
Siderian - 2500 Ma - Greek sideros
15. Triad - In Germany this period forms three distinct layers
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
Stenian - 1200 Ma - Gk. stenos
Devonian - 416 Ma - Devon
16. Region in Russia where rocks from this period were first identified
Permian - 299 Ma - Perm Krai
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
Cryogenian - 850 Ma - Gk. cryogenicos
Rhyacian - 2300 Ma - Gk. rhyax
17. Coal - Global coal beds were laid in this period
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
Permian - 299 Ma - Perm Krai
Carboniferous - 359 Ma - Lt. carbo
Orosirian - 2050 Ma - Gk. oroseira
18. Tribe in south Wales - where the rocks were first identified
Permian - 299 Ma - Perm Krai
Silurian - 444 Ma - Ctc. Silures
Cryogenian - 850 Ma - Gk. cryogenicos
Jurassic - 200 Ma - Jura Mountains
19. Narrow - Much orogeny - which survives as narrow metamorphic belts
Silurian - 444 Ma - Ctc. Silures
Stenian - 1200 Ma - Gk. stenos
Calymmian - 1600 Ma - Gk. calymma
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
20. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded
Calymmian - 1600 Ma - Gk. calymma
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
Ordovician - 488 Ma - Celtic Ordovices
21. Cold-making - In this period all the Earth froze over
Cryogenian - 850 Ma - Gk. cryogenicos
Carboniferous - 359 Ma - Lt. carbo
Calymmian - 1600 Ma - Gk. calymma
Ordovician - 488 Ma - Celtic Ordovices
22. Triad - In Germany this period forms three distinct layers
Orosirian - 2050 Ma - Gk. oroseira
Calymmian - 1600 Ma - Gk. calymma
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
Jurassic - 200 Ma - Jura Mountains
23. 'Fourth' - This was initially deemed the 'fourth' period after the now-obsolete 'primary' - 'secondary' and 'tertiary' periods.
Neogene - 23 Ma - Gk. neogenos
Tonian - 1000 Ma - Gk. tonos
Siderian - 2500 Ma - Greek sideros
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
24. Steady - Continents became stable cratons
Statherian - 1800 Ma - Gk. statheros
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
Calymmian - 1600 Ma - Gk. calymma
Silurian - 444 Ma - Ctc. Silures
25. Place in Australia where the Ediacaran biota fossils were found
Silurian - 444 Ma - Ctc. Silures
Paleogene - 65 Ma - Gk. palaiogenos
Ediacaran - 635 Ma - Ediacara Hills
Silurian - 444 Ma - Ctc. Silures
26. Mountain range in the Alps in which rocks from this period were first identified
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
Jurassic - 200 Ma - Jura Mountains
Paleogene - 65 Ma - Gk. palaiogenos
27. Cold-making - In this period all the Earth froze over
Cryogenian - 850 Ma - Gk. cryogenicos
Paleogene - 65 Ma - Gk. palaiogenos
Calymmian - 1600 Ma - Gk. calymma
Ediacaran - 635 Ma - Ediacara Hills
28. Mountain range - Much orogeny in this period's latter half
Orosirian - 2050 Ma - Gk. oroseira
Ediacaran - 635 Ma - Ediacara Hills
Permian - 299 Ma - Perm Krai
Silurian - 444 Ma - Ctc. Silures
29. Stretch - Platform covers expanded
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
Siderian - 2500 Ma - Greek sideros
Cambrian - 542 Ma - Latin Cambria
Neogene - 23 Ma - Gk. neogenos
30. County in England in which rocks from this period were first identified
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
Silurian - 444 Ma - Ctc. Silures
Paleogene - 65 Ma - Gk. palaiogenos
Devonian - 416 Ma - Devon
31. Steady - Continents became stable cratons
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
Statherian - 1800 Ma - Gk. statheros
Cambrian - 542 Ma - Latin Cambria
Tonian - 1000 Ma - Gk. tonos
32. Tribe in south Wales - where the rocks were first identified
Calymmian - 1600 Ma - Gk. calymma
Orosirian - 2050 Ma - Gk. oroseira
Siderian - 2500 Ma - Greek sideros
Silurian - 444 Ma - Ctc. Silures
33. Stretch - The continental crust stretched as Rodinia broke up
Stenian - 1200 Ma - Gk. stenos
Tonian - 1000 Ma - Gk. tonos
Jurassic - 200 Ma - Jura Mountains
Orosirian - 2050 Ma - Gk. oroseira
34. Region in Russia where rocks from this period were first identified
Ediacaran - 635 Ma - Ediacara Hills
Ectasian - 1400 Ma - Gk. ectasis
Permian - 299 Ma - Perm Krai
Tonian - 1000 Ma - Gk. tonos
35. Nnew born'
Siderian - 2500 Ma - Greek sideros
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
Jurassic - 200 Ma - Jura Mountains
Neogene - 23 Ma - Gk. neogenos
36. Much lava flowed
Calymmian - 1600 Ma - Gk. calymma
Orosirian - 2050 Ma - Gk. oroseira
Rhyacian - 2300 Ma - Gk. rhyax
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
37. Stretch - The continental crust stretched as Rodinia broke up
Ediacaran - 635 Ma - Ediacara Hills
Siderian - 2500 Ma - Greek sideros
Tonian - 1000 Ma - Gk. tonos
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
38. Tribe in north Wales - where the rocks were first identified
Ordovician - 488 Ma - Celtic Ordovices
Rhyacian - 2300 Ma - Gk. rhyax
Siderian - 2500 Ma - Greek sideros
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
39. More chalk formed in this period than any other
Permian - 299 Ma - Perm Krai
Calymmian - 1600 Ma - Gk. calymma
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
Paleogene - 65 Ma - Gk. palaiogenos
40. Much lava flowed
Ordovician - 488 Ma - Celtic Ordovices
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
Rhyacian - 2300 Ma - Gk. rhyax
Orosirian - 2050 Ma - Gk. oroseira
41. 'Fourth' - This was initially deemed the 'fourth' period after the now-obsolete 'primary' - 'secondary' and 'tertiary' periods.
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
Quaternary - 2.6 Ma - Lt. quaternarius
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
Stenian - 1200 Ma - Gk. stenos
42. Ref. the banded iron formations
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
Cretaceous - 146 Ma - Lt. creta
Carboniferous - 359 Ma - Lt. carbo
Siderian - 2500 Ma - Greek sideros
43. County in England in which rocks from this period were first identified
Devonian - 416 Ma - Devon
Ordovician - 488 Ma - Celtic Ordovices
Triassic - 250 Ma - Lt. trias
Cambrian - 542 Ma - Latin Cambria
44. 'Ancient born'
Paleogene - 65 Ma - Gk. palaiogenos
Siderian - 2500 Ma - Greek sideros
Cryogenian - 850 Ma - Gk. cryogenicos
Rhyacian - 2300 Ma - Gk. rhyax