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