carboniferous
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- adjective
- /ˌkɑːrbəˈnɪfərəs/
- Specialized
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carbonífero
- The large ferns and swampy forests of the Carboniferous period created the perfect conditions for the formation of coal.
- Carboniferous period
Examples
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Dates back from the Carboniferous period.
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No, this is the Plan C after humanity blows past its emissions targets and has buyer's remorse about the carboniferous new world.
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6. An Eerie Carboniferous Forest - Dawn 6
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"In the Carboniferous Epoch, they promised abundance for all,
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And it was warm and moist in those Carboniferous swamps, you know, generation after generation for thousands of generations of plants built up.
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I was raised in a town in East Lothian, a beautiful area of Scotland with rolling hills, great Carboniferous geology, and a strong sense of history in the archaeology of the area.
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It is time for us to offer coal an honorable retirement and focus on energy sources of our own time rather than the concentrated sunlight of the Carboniferous Era.
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First, there are grasslands in the Carboniferous limestone lowlands (50 percent of the total area), with relatively large mixed and increasingly specialized dairy farms interlinked with the transnational dairy industry.
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The Carboniferous period is known for its vast forests that contributed significantly to coal deposits.
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During the Carboniferous era, many species of plants and animals thrived in an oxygen-rich environment.
Compounds
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A time about 345 to 280 million years ago when large swamp forests formed coal
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An early part of the Carboniferous period about 345 to 310 million years ago
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An early part of the Carboniferous when primitive winged insects and early amphibians appear
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A late part of Earth's history 310 to 280 million years ago with swamp forests that formed coal
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A time about 310 to 280 million years ago with warm swampy land where much coal formed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Carboniferous for the geologic period comes from the parts carbon ('coal') and -ferous ('carrying'), because that time produced huge coal deposits. So rocks and the era called carboniferous are 'rich in coal', which is why geologists use the word for that period.