Related Words for carboniferous

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mesozoic
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Name, Name
paleozoic
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Name
cretaceous
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Name
triassic
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Name
fossils
/x
Noun
silurian
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Name
miocene
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Name
pleistocene
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Name
sedimentary
xx/xx
Noun
eocene
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Name
devonian
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Name
limestones
/x
Noun
calcareous
x/xx
Adjective
cenozoic
xx/x
Name
permian
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Name
siliceous
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Adjective
sandstones
/x
Noun
carbonaceous
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Adjective
igneous
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Noun
archean
xxx
Name
trilobites
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Noun
coal
/
Noun
hydrocarbon
xx/x
Noun
basalt
x/
Noun
outcrops
//
Noun
sediments
/xx
Noun
primary
/xx
Adjective
superimposed
xxx/
Verb
retrograde
/xx
Adjective
secondary
/xxx
Adjective
fragmentary
/xxx
Adjective
ordovician
x//x
Name
cambrian
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Name
jurassic
x/x
Name
lower
/x
Noun, Adjective
floras
/x
Noun
overlain
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Verb
tertiary
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Noun
uppermost
/xx
Adjective
stratigraphy
xxxx
Noun
facies
xx
Noun
horizons
x/x
Noun
seams
/
Noun
strata
/x
Noun
rocks
/
Noun
late
/
Adjective
montana
x/x
Name
formations
x/x
Noun
scotland
/x
Name
basin
/x
Noun
sedimentation
xxx/x
Noun
flourished
/x
Verb
early
/x
Adverb, Adjective
deposits
x/x
Noun
marine
x/
Adjective
continental
xx/x
Adjective
folded
/x
Verb
upper
/x
Adjective, Noun
beds
/
Noun
illinois
xx/
Name
middle
/x
Adjective, Noun
range
/
Verb
wales
/
Name
dating
/x
Verb
evolved
x/
Verb
ireland
/xx
Name
periods
/xx
Noun
platform
/x
Noun
boundary
/xx
Noun
occurred
x/
Verb
close
/
Noun
assigned
x/
Verb
europe
/x
Name
thickness
/x
Noun
forests
/x
Noun
base
/
Noun
underlying
xx/x
Verb
faunas
/x
Noun
mississippian
xx/xx
Name, Adjective
neolithic
xx/x
Adjective, Name
oligocene
/xxx
Name, Adjective
pennsylvanian
xx/xx
Name, Adjective
pliocene
/xx
Name, Adjective
sub
/
Noun, Verb
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
dialect
/xx
Noun
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
grape
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
collocation
xx/x
Noun
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
expression
x/x
Noun
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
pigeon
/x
Noun, Verb
headlines
/x
Noun
literally
/xxx
Adverb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
salad
/x
Noun
aisle
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Noun