Cainozoic
Americanadjective
adjective
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THE opening of the next great period in the life of the earth, the Cainozoic period, was a period of upheaval and extreme volcanic activity.
From A Short History of the World by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Cainozoic, or Tertiary.—Beds of this age, in England at all events, are for the most part made up of comparatively soft rocks, gravels, sands, and clays, and are found in the eastern and south-eastern counties.
From Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by Peter Gray
The great world summer of the middle Cainozoic period drew at last to an end.
From A Short History of the World by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Mesozoic, term explained. — and Cainozoic periods, gap between the. — and Palaeozoic rocks, limits of the.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
We have treated in the preceding chapters of the Tertiary or Cainozoic strata, and have next to speak of the Secondary or Mesozoic formations.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
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