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Etymology Of Period Names

Subject : history
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1. Mountain range in the Alps in which rocks from this period were first identified






2. More chalk formed in this period than any other






3. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






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






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






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






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






9. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






10. 'Ancient born'






11. Nnew born'






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






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






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






15. Ref. the banded iron formations






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






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






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






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






20. Nnew born'






21. 'Ancient born'






22. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






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






25. Ref. the banded iron formations






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






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






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






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






30. More chalk formed in this period than any other






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






32. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






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






34. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






36. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






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






39. Much lava flowed






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






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






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






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






44. Much lava flowed