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  • 21Carboniferous 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 …

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  • 22Carboniferous period — noun from 345 million to 280 million years ago • Syn: ↑Carboniferous • Derivationally related forms: ↑carboniferous (for: ↑Carboniferous) • Instance Hypernyms: ↑period, ↑ …

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  • 23carboniferous limestone —   a sedimentary rock laid down in the geological period 280 345 million years BP (the Carboniferous period). Has a calcium carbonate content of at least 80% meaning it was laid down in highly productive, warm, shallow seas which provided the… …

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  • 24carboniferous material — anglinė medžiaga statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Medžiaga, kurios pagrindinė sudedamoji dalis yra elementinė anglis. atitikmenys: angl. carbonaceous material; carboniferous material rus. углеродистый материал …

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  • 25Carboniferous — a period within the Paleozoic Era ca. 365 290 million years ago. Abbreviated as C …

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  • 26carboniferous — adjective Containing or producing carbon …

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  • 27carboniferous — bearing carbon Bearing and Carrying …

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  • 28carboniferous — car·bon·if·er·ous || ‚kɑːbÉ™ nɪfÉ™rÉ™s adj. containing carbon …

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  • 29Carboniferous — [ˌkα:bə nɪf(ə)rəs] adjective Geology relating to or denoting the fifth period of the Palaeozoic era (between the Devonian and Permian periods, about 363 to 290 million years ago), a time when extensive coal bearing strata were formed …

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  • 30carboniferous — car·bon·if·er·ous …

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