the Palaeozoic age

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• Palaeozoic — /pæliəˈzoʊɪk/ (say paleeuh zohik), /peɪ / (say pay ) adjective 1. relating to the oldest geological era or rocks having abundant fossils; the age of ancient life. –noun Also, Palaeozoic era. 2. the era or rocks comprising divisions from Cambrian… …  

• Geology of the North Sea — Contents 1 Tectonic structure 2 Precambrian 3 Finnmarkian, Athollian, Caledonian Orogenies …   Wikipedia

• Antiquity of the World —     Antiquity of the World     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Antiquity of the World     Various attempts have been made to establish the age of the world. Two groups of scientists have especially busied themselves with this question: physicists and… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Geology of the Australian Capital Territory — Australia grew around three fused pieces of very ancient continental crust (cratons). The geology of the Australian Capital Territory includes rocks dating from the Ordovician around 480 million years ago, whilst most rocks are from the Silurian …   Wikipedia

• Geology of the Himalaya — [ Fig 1: The earth in the Early Permian. At that time, India is part of Gondwana and bordered to the north by the Cimmerian Superterrane. Paleogeographic reconstructions. By Dèzes (1999), based on Stampfli and Borel (2002) and Patriat and Achache …   Wikipedia

• “In the Walls of Eryx“ —    Short story (12,000 words); written in collaboration with Kenneth J.Sterling, January 1936. First published in WT(October 1939); first collected in BWS;corrected text in D.    Kenton J.Stanfield, of the Venus Crystal Company, is exploring for… …   An H.P.Lovecraft encyclopedia

• Nooitgedacht Glacial Pavements — The Nooitgedacht Glacial Pavements comprise a geological feature between Kimberley and Barkly West, South Africa, pertaining to the Palaeozoic age Dwyka Ice Age, or Karoo Ice Age, (some 300 million years ago) where the glacially scoured (smoothed …   Wikipedia

• Joseph Jukes — Joseph Beete Jukes (October 10, 1811 ndash; July 29, 1869), born to John and Sophia Jukes at Summer Hill, Birmingham, England, was a renowned geologist, author of several geological manuals and served as a naturalist on the expeditions of HMS Fly …   Wikipedia

• Yilgarn Craton — The Yilgarn Craton is a large craton which constitutes the bulk of the Western Australian land mass. It is bounded by a mixture of sedimentary basins and Proterozoic fold and thrust belts. Zircon grains in the Jack Hills, Narryer Gneiss Terrane… …   Wikipedia

• Geology of Scotland — The geology of Scotland is unusually varied for a country of its size, with a large number of differing geological features. [Keay Keay (1994) op cit page 415.] There are three main geographical sub divisions: the Highlands and Islands is a… …   Wikipedia

• Cambrian explosion — The Cambrian explosion or Cambrian radiation was the seemingly rapid appearance of most major groups of complex animals around Ma|530, as evidenced by the fossil record. [http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/cambrian/camb.html The Cambrian Period] ]… …   Wikipedia