ARENIG

Meaning of ARENIG in English

əˈrānig adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: from Arenig mountains, Wales

: of or relating to a subdivision of the European Ordovician — see geologic time table

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

ARENIG — Arenig BrE AmE ə ˈren ɪɡ —Welsh [ a ˈre niɡ ]
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ARENIG SERIES — also called Arenigian Series, the second of six divisions (in ascending order) constituting the Ordovician System, representing all those rocks …
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TREMADOC SERIES — also called Tremadocian Series, all those rocks deposited worldwide during the Tremadocian Age (505 to 488 million years ago). The …
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ORDOVICIAN PERIOD — interval of geologic time from 505 to 438 million years ago. The second oldest period of the Paleozoic Era, it …
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LLANVIRN SERIES — sequence of Ordovician rocks first studied in North Wales (the Ordovician Period lasted from 505 to 438 million years ago). …
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