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