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Etymology Of Period Names

Subject : history
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1. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






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






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






4. More chalk formed in this period than any other






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






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






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






8. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






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






11. Much lava flowed






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






13. Ref. the banded iron formations






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






15. Much lava flowed






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






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






18. Ref. the banded iron formations






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






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






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






22. More chalk formed in this period than any other






23. Nnew born'






24. 'Ancient born'






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






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






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






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






29. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






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






31. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






32. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






34. Nnew born'






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






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






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






38. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






39. 'Ancient born'






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






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






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






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






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