单词 | geological period |
释义 | geological period (once / 24727 pages) n WORD FAMILY geological period: geological periods USAGE EXAMPLESOn 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 periodfrom 63 million to 2 million years ago Cretaceous periodfrom 135 million to 63 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants Jurassic periodfrom 190 million to 135 million years ago; dinosaurs; conifers Triassic periodfrom 230 million to 190 million years ago; dinosaurs, marine reptiles; volcanic activity Permian periodfrom 280 million to 230 million years ago; reptiles Carboniferous periodfrom 345 million to 280 million years ago Upper Carboniferous periodfrom 310 million to 280 million years ago; warm climate; swampy land Lower Carboniferous periodfrom 345 million to 310 million years ago; increase of land areas; primitive ammonites; winged insects Devonian periodfrom 405 million to 345 million years ago; preponderance of fishes and appearance of amphibians and ammonites Silurian periodfrom 425 million to 405 million years ago; first air-breathing animals Ordovician periodfrom 500 million to 425 million years ago; conodonts and ostracods and algae and seaweeds Cambrian periodfrom 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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