carboniferous sandstone

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• Carboniferous Period — Interval of geologic time 354–290 million years ago, marked by great changes in world geography. All the landmasses drew closer together as a result of tectonic plate movements. The supercontinent Gondwana occupied much of the Southern Hemisphere …   Universalium

• Carboniferous — For the album by Zu see Carboniferous (album). Carboniferous Period 359.2–299 million years ago …   Wikipedia

• Old Red Sandstone — Stratigraphic range: Late Silurian to earliest Carboniferous Cross section showing quartz and chert pebbles in a sample from central England (scale bar is 10 mm). Type Geological formation …   Wikipedia

• Beacon sandstone — The Beacon sandstone is a geological formation exposed in Antarctica and deposited from the Devonian to the Triassic ( Ma|400| Ma|225Verify source|date=April 2008). The sandstone was originally described as a formation, and upgraded to group and… …   Wikipedia

• Nubian Sandstone — refers to a variety of sedimentary rocks deposited on the Precambrian Basement in the eastern Sahara, north east Africa and Arabia. It consist of continental sandstones with thin beds of marine limestones, and marls. Nubian sandstone was… …   Wikipedia

• Old red sandstone — Old Old, a. [Compar. {Older}; superl. {Oldest}.] [OE. old, ald, AS. ald, eald; akin to D. oud, OS. ald, OFries. ald, old, G. alt, Goth. alpeis, and also to Goth. alan to grow up, Icel. ala to bear, produce, bring up, L. alere to nourish. Cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Calciferous sandstone — is a geological term relating to strata at the base of the Carboniferous formation, below the entire sequence of coal measures. This term may be unique to the UK.Typically this part of the geological sequence, as in the Touch Hills and Fintry… …   Wikipedia

• Calciferous Sandstone — noun The oldest category of Carboniferous rocks in Scotland • • • Main Entry: ↑calciferous …   Useful english dictionary

• List of oil and gas fields of the North Sea — This list of oil and gas fields of the North Sea contains links to oil and natural gas reservoirs beneath the North Sea. In terms of the oil industry, North Sea oil often refers to a larger geographical set, including areas such as the Norwegian… …   Wikipedia

• North Cornwall — For the UK Parliament constituency, see North Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency). North Cornwall District Geography Status District HQ …   Wikipedia

• River Wear — Infobox River river name = River Wear image size = caption = The river flows past Durham Castle and Cathedral, beneath Framwellgate Bridge and over a weir. origin = Wearhead, County Durham mouth = Sunderland basin countries = length = 96 km (60… …   Wikipedia