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Etymology Of Period Names

Subject : history
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1. County in England in which rocks from this period were first identified






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






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






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






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






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






7. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






8. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






9. Nnew born'






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






11. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






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






14. Ref. the banded iron formations






15. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






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






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






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






20. More chalk formed in this period than any other






21. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






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






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






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






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






27. 'Ancient born'






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






29. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






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






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






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






33. Ref. the banded iron formations






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






35. Much lava flowed






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






37. More chalk formed in this period than any other






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






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






40. Much lava flowed






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






42. 'Ancient born'






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






44. Nnew born'