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Англо-русский словарь по ядерным испытаниям и горному делу. 2013.
series of sandstones
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Grand Canyon series — Major division of rocks in northern Arizona dating from Precambrian time. The rocks of the series consist of about 10,600 ft (3,400 m) of quartz sandstones, shales, and thick sequences of carbonate rocks. Spectacular exposures of these rocks… … Universalium
Chesterian Series — ▪ rock unit, North America uppermost major stratigraphic division of North American rocks of the Mississippian Period (the Mississippian began about 345,000,000 years ago and lasted about 20,000,000 years). Excellent exposures of Chesterian … Universalium
Belt Series — ▪ geology major division of late Precambrian rocks in North America (the Precambrian lasted from 3.8 billion to 540 million years ago). The series was named for prominent exposures in the Belt Range in southwestern Montana. The thickness of … Universalium
Beaufort Series — ▪ geology sedimentary rock layers that were deposited during the transition from the Permian Period to the Triassic Period. The boundary between the Lower and Upper Beaufort Series is recognized as the boundary between the Permian and… … Universalium
Llandovery Series — ▪ geology lowermost of four main divisions in the Silurian (Silurian Period) System, representing those rocks deposited worldwide during the Llandovery Epoch (443.7–428.2 million years ago). The name of the series is derived from the type… … Universalium
Conemaugh Series — ▪ paleontology geochronological division of the Pennsylvanian Period in the United States, which is approximately equivalent to the Late Carboniferous Period (about 318 million to 300 million years ago). It was named for exposures studied… … Universalium
Animikie Series — ▪ geology division of Precambrian rocks and time in North America (the Precambrian occurred from 3.96 billion to 540 million years ago). The Animikie Series, the uppermost division of the Huronian System, overlies rocks of the Cobalt Series … Universalium
Sturtian Series — ▪ geology division of Proterozoic rocks in south central Australia (the Proterozoic Eon lasted from 2.5 billion to 540 million years ago). The Sturtian Series, which forms the lower part of the Umberatana Group, is partly interpreted… … Universalium
Pottsville Series — ▪ geology in geology, division of the Late Carboniferous Epoch (318 million to 299 million years ago). It was named for exposures studied in the region of Pottsville, in the anthracite coal district of Pennsylvania. Found from Pennsylvania… … Universalium
Virgilian series — ▪ geology major division of Late Carboniferous rocks and time in the United States (the Late Carboniferous epoch, approximately equivalent to the Pennsylvanian period, began about 318 million years ago and ended about 299 million years ago) … Universalium
Waterberg Series — ▪ geology also called Waterberg System, major division of rocks in southern Africa. The age of the Waterberg is in doubt; it is possible that the Waterberg is late Precambrian or Early Paleozoic (older or younger than 540 million years,… … Universalium
