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Etymology Of Period Names

Subject : history
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1. Stretch - The continental crust stretched as Rodinia broke up






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






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






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






5. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






6. Much lava flowed






7. More chalk formed in this period than any other






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






9. More chalk formed in this period than any other






10. Ref. the banded iron formations






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






12. 'Ancient born'






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






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






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






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






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






18. 'Ancient born'






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






20. Much lava flowed






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






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






23. Nnew born'






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






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






26. Nnew born'






27. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






29. Ref. the banded iron formations






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






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






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






39. Cover - Platform covers developed or expanded






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






41. Steady - Continents became stable cratons






42. Stretch - Platform covers expanded






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






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