Carnianadj.
/ˈkɑːnɪən/ 1. Carnian Alps n. = Carnic Alps n. at Carnic adj. 1. rare.
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Mountains of the Moon1597
Carnic Alps1601
the Ghats1603
Pyreneans1768
Rocky Mountains1798
Balkans1802
Carnian Alps1802
Rockies1827
Carpathiana1832
Appalachians1834
Adirondack1838
keel1857
1802 J. Pinkerton Mod. Geogr. I. 377 The calcareous hills of Carinthia afford many singular scenes; which are however exceeded by those of the Carnian Alps, or Birnbaumer mountains, of Carniola.
1876 H. F. Tozer Classical Geogr. ix. 95 After this, the mountains that sweep round towards the Adriatic bear the name of Carnian or Julian Alps.
2. Geology. Also Karnian. [After Carnic adj. 2.] Of, pertaining to, or designating the first of the three stages constituting the Upper Triassic in Europe. Also absol.
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Triassic1841
Norian1871
Carnic1897
Carnian1948
1948 R. L. Sherlock Permo-Triassic Formations i. 16 (table) Norian/Carnian.
1969 Dunbar & Waage Hist. Geol. (ed. 3) xiv. 321/2 Similar spread of the seas in other parts of the world apparently permitted much wider distribution of ammonoid faunas, for those of the Karnian and Norian stages of the Late Triassic..are worldwide.
1970 Nature 18 Apr. 255/2 An important halite of proved or probable Carnian age is found in Cheshire (the Upper Saliferous Beds).
1989 Nature 7 Sept. 16/2 The lithocolumn supplied by me has been changed without my knowledge to increase the thickness of the Triassic by about 30 m, possibly to accommodate the Carnian conodonts.
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