Tertiary rocks

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• Tertiary Period — Interval of geologic time, 65–1. 8 million years ago. It constitutes the first of the two periods of the Cenozoic Era, the second being the Quaternary. The Tertiary has five subdivisions: (from oldest to youngest) the Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene …   Universalium

• tertiary — [tʉr′shē er΄ē, tʉr′shə rē] adj. [L tertiarius < tertius,THIRD] 1. of the third rank, order, formation, stage, etc.; third 2. Chem. a) third in order or type; involving the substitution of three atoms or radicals b) characterized by or… …   English World dictionary

• tertiary — I. noun (plural ries) Date: circa 1550 1. [Medieval Latin tertiarius, from Latin, of a third] a member of a monastic third order especially of lay people 2. capitalized the Tertiary period or system of rocks II. adjective Etymology: Latin …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• tertiary — /ˈtɜʃəri / (say tershuhree) adjective 1. of the third order, rank, formation, etc.; third. 2. Education denoting or relating to tertiary education. 3. Chemistry a. denoting or containing a carbon atom united to three other carbon atoms. b. formed …  

• Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event — Artist s rendering of bolide impact Badlands nea …   Wikipedia

• North Rocks, New South Wales — North Rocks Sydney, New South Wales Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children Population …   Wikipedia

• Primary rocks — Primary Pri ma*ry, a. [L. primarius, fr. primus first: cf. F. primaire. See {Prime}, a., and cf. {Premier}, {Primero}.] 1. First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original. [1913 Webster] The church of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• primitive rocks — Primary Pri ma*ry, a. [L. primarius, fr. primus first: cf. F. primaire. See {Prime}, a., and cf. {Premier}, {Primero}.] 1. First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original. [1913 Webster] The church of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Secondary rocks — Secondary Sec ond*a*ry, a. [Cf. F. secondaire, L. secundaire. See {Second}, a.] 1. Succeeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate. [1913 Webster] Wheresoever… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Medicine Rocks State Park — IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape) Medicine Rocks State Park …   Wikipedia

• Queen Charlotte Basin — lies mostly beneath the continental shelf offshore, between the Queen Charlotte Islands, Vancouver Island, and the British Columbia mainland. The term Queen Charlotte Basin normally refers to the Tertiary rocks, but these are underlain by what… …   Wikipedia