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Geologic Time Period Flashcards

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Laramide Orogeny

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Rocky Mountain Region
Late Cretaceous - Early Eocene
80-50 Ma

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Sevier (Basin & Range) Orogeny

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Late Cretaceous - Paleocene

130 - 80 Ma

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Nevadan Orogeny

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California and Nevada
Jurassic - Cretaceous
150 - 140 Ma

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Palisades Orogeny

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Jurassic

Occurred in New York

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Sonoma Orogeny

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Nevada and Utah
Permian - Triassic
280 - 200 Ma

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Antler Orogeny

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Nevada and Idaho
Late Devonian - Early Pennsylvanian
375 - 300 Ma

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Alleghanian Orogeny

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Mid-Atlantic region
Carboniferous - Permian
335 - 250 Ma

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Ancestral Rockies Orogeny

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Current Rocky Mountains

Pennsylvanian

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Acadian Orogeny

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New England
Devonian
420 - 335 Ma

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Taconic Orogeny

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1st Crustal collision between the ancestral Europe and North American (Laurentia)
Vermont and New York
Ordovician - Silurian

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Precambrian

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Eon
Eras: Archean & Proterozoic
4.6 Ga - 541 Ma

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Paleozoic Era

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541 - 254 Ma

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Cambrian Period

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541 - 485 Ma

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Ordovician Period

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485 - 443 Ma

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Silurian Period

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443 - 419 Ma

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Devonian Period

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419 - 359 Ma

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Carboniferous Period

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355 - 299 Ma

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Permian Period

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299 - 251 Ma

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Triassic Period

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251 - 201 Ma

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Jurassic Period

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201 - 145 Ma

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Cretaceous Period

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145 - 66 Ma

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Paleogene Period

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66 - 23 Ma

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Neogene Period

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23 - 2.6 Ma

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Quaternary Period

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2.6 - Present

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Nneumonic Device for Periods

Come Over Some Day, Maybe Play Poker. Three Jacks Take Queens

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C - Cambrian
O - Ordovician
S - Silurian
D - Devonian
M - Mississippian 
P - Pennsylvanian
P - Permian
T- Triassic
J - Jurassic
T - Tertiary
Q - Quarternary

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