How do Geological Time Periods Get Their Names?
<p>Because the British were the most active in the early years, British names are predominant in the geological lexicon. <strong>Devonian </strong>is of course from the English county of Devon. <strong>Cambrian </strong>comes from the Roman name for Wales, while <strong>Ordovician </strong>and <strong>Silurian </strong>recall ancient Welsh tribes, the Ordovices and Silures. But with the rise of geological prospecting elsewhere, names began to creep in from all over. <strong>Jurassic </strong>refers to the Jura Mountains on the border of France and Switzerland. <strong>Permian </strong>recalls the former Russian province of Perm in the Ural Mountains. For <strong>Cretaceous </strong>(from the Latin for chalk) we are indebted to a Belgian geologist with the perky name of J. J. d’Omalius d’Halloy.</p>
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