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Etymology Of Period Names

Subject : history
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1. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






2. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






3. Nnew born'






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






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






6. 'Ancient born'






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






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






9. Ref. the banded iron formations






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






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






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






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






14. Much lava flowed






15. Nnew born'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Ref. the banded iron formations






25. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






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






28. 'Ancient born'






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






30. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






31. Much lava flowed






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






33. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






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






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






37. More chalk formed in this period than any other






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






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






40. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






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






43. More chalk formed in this period than any other






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