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Etymology Of Period Names

Subject : history
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1. More chalk formed in this period than any other






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






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






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






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






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






7. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






8. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






9. 'Ancient born'






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






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






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






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






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






15. More chalk formed in this period than any other






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






17. Ref. the banded iron formations






18. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






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






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






30. Much lava flowed






31. Much lava flowed






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






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






34. Nnew born'






35. Nnew born'






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






37. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






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






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






41. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






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






43. 'Ancient born'






44. Ref. the banded iron formations







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