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单词 geological period
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geological period
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geological period: geological periods
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On a broader scale, the extinction of large marine mammals could lead to a new geological period defined by human influence.
Time(Sep 15, 2016)
This suggest a rapid diversification of walruses during this geological period, perhaps mediated by the rising and falling sea levels.
Forbes(Aug 06, 2015)
“Disposing of CO2 as solids has already been proven to work over very long, geological periods of time.”
Scientific American(Oct 03, 2013)
n a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed
ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods
Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper
period
Quaternary period
last 2 million years
Tertiary period
from 63 million to 2 million years ago
Cretaceous period
from 135 million to 63 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants
Jurassic period
from 190 million to 135 million years ago; dinosaurs; conifers
Triassic period
from 230 million to 190 million years ago; dinosaurs, marine reptiles; volcanic activity
Permian period
from 280 million to 230 million years ago; reptiles
Carboniferous period
from 345 million to 280 million years ago
Upper Carboniferous period
from 310 million to 280 million years ago; warm climate; swampy land
Lower Carboniferous period
from 345 million to 310 million years ago; increase of land areas; primitive ammonites; winged insects
Devonian period
from 405 million to 345 million years ago; preponderance of fishes and appearance of amphibians and ammonites
Silurian period
from 425 million to 405 million years ago; first air-breathing animals
Ordovician period
from 500 million to 425 million years ago; conodonts and ostracods and algae and seaweeds
Cambrian period
from 544 million to about 500 million years ago; marine invertebrates
glacial epoch, glacial period, ice age
any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface
geologic time, geological time
the time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history)
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