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Etymology Of Period Names

Subject : history
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1. Narrow - Much orogeny - which survives as narrow metamorphic belts






2. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






3. More chalk formed in this period than any other






4. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






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






6. Nnew born'






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






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






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






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






11. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Much lava flowed






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






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






22. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






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






25. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






26. Ref. the banded iron formations






27. Ref. the banded iron formations






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






29. Nnew born'






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






31. Much lava flowed






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






33. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






34. 'Ancient born'






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






36. 'Ancient born'






37. More chalk formed in this period than any other






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






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






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






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






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






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






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