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Etymology Of Period Names

Subject : history
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1. Wales - Ref. to the place in Great Britain where Cambrian rocks are best exposed






2. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






4. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






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






6. Nnew born'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 'Ancient born'






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






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






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






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






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






21. More chalk formed in this period than any other






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






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






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






25. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






27. Much lava flowed






28. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






29. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






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






32. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






33. More chalk formed in this period than any other






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






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






36. Ref. the banded iron formations






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






38. Ref. the banded iron formations






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






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






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






42. Much lava flowed






43. Nnew born'






44. 'Ancient born'






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