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Etymology Of Period Names

Subject : history
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1. Ref. the banded iron formations






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






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






4. 'Ancient born'






5. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






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






7. More chalk formed in this period than any other






8. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






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






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






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






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






14. Nnew born'






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






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






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






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






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






20. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






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






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






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






24. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






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






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






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






29. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






31. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






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






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






35. Nnew born'






36. Much lava flowed






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






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






39. More chalk formed in this period than any other






40. Much lava flowed






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






42. Ref. the banded iron formations






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






44. 'Ancient born'