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Carboniferous in a sentence
Carboniferous meaning
Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises the lower, middle and upper Mississippian and lower, middle and upper Pennsylvanian epochs from about 345 to 280 million years ago, when coal was laid down.
Synonyms of Carboniferous
Using Carboniferous
- The main meaning on this page is: Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises the lower, middle and upper Mississippian and lower, middle and upper Pennsylvanian epochs from about 345 to 280 million years ago, when coal was laid down.
- Useful related words include: period, geological period, carbonaceous, carbonous.
- In the example corpus, carboniferous often appears in combinations such as: the carboniferous, carboniferous period, lower carboniferous.
Context around Carboniferous
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Carboniferous
- In this selection, "carboniferous" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lower, early, mid, period, seas and lycophytes stand out and add context to how "carboniferous" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a mid carboniferous drop in and after the carboniferous period resulted. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "carboniferous" sits close to words such as absolve, acceptability and acetic, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with carboniferous
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Conulariid from the Lower Carboniferous of Indiana. (7 words)
In North America, carboniferous is not generally used. (8 words)
Crown-group priapulid body fossils are first known from the Carboniferous. (11 words)
A band of Carboniferous age rocks underlies part of the northern plain but is nowhere seen at the surface however similar age rocks do outcrop in the south between Castletown, Silverdale and Port St Mary. (35 words)
History The Great Dividing Range was formed during the Carboniferous period —some 300 million years ago—when Australia collided with what is now parts of South America and New Zealand. (30 words)
Low atmospheric oxygen during the Middle and Late Devonian was accompanied by a decrease in charcoal abundance. citation citation Additional charcoal evidence suggests that fires continued through the Carboniferous period. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
Stanley (1999), p 426 In North America, the early Carboniferous is largely marine limestone, which accounts for the division of the Carboniferous into two periods in North American schemes.
A fossil display of Carboniferous lycophytes in the gallery represents Earth's ancient climate history.
The shrimp is believed to have swam in the Carboniferous seas surrounding Glasgow around 333 million years ago.
It was found that rocks were deposited in five major geological periods – the Carboniferous, Devonian, Silurian, Ordovician and Cambrian eras.
A band of Carboniferous age rocks underlies part of the northern plain but is nowhere seen at the surface however similar age rocks do outcrop in the south between Castletown, Silverdale and Port St Mary.
A mid-Carboniferous drop in sea level precipitated a major marine extinction, one that hit crinoids and ammonites especially hard.
Aviculopecten subcardiformis; a bivalve from the Logan Formation (Lower Carboniferous) of Wooster, Ohio (external mold).
Classification main Cirrothauma murrayi Amphitretus pelagicus Cephalopods have existed for around 500 million years, although octopus ancestors were in the Carboniferous seas around 300 million years ago.
CO 2 models suggest that values were low in the late Cenozoic and Carboniferous Permian glaciations.
Conulariid from the Lower Carboniferous of Indiana.
Crown-group priapulid body fossils are first known from the Carboniferous.
Earth movements after the Carboniferous period resulted in the up-doming of the area and, particularly in the west, the folding of the rock strata along north–south axes.
Falcatus was a Carboniferous shark, with a high degree of sexual dimorphism.
Historical causes further Prehistory The Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse was an event that occurred 300 million years ago.
History The Great Dividing Range was formed during the Carboniferous period —some 300 million years ago—when Australia collided with what is now parts of South America and New Zealand.
However, crown-group priapulids cannot be recognized until the Carboniferous. citation About 20 extant species of priapulid worms are known, half of them being of meiobenthic size.
In North America, carboniferous is not generally used.
In the European subdivision, the Carboniferous is divided into two epochs: Dinantian (early) and Silesian (late).
Life Plants Etching depicting some of the most significant plants of the Carboniferous.
Low atmospheric oxygen during the Middle and Late Devonian was accompanied by a decrease in charcoal abundance. citation citation Additional charcoal evidence suggests that fires continued through the Carboniferous period.
Common combinations with carboniferous
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the carboniferous 29×
- carboniferous period 6×
- lower carboniferous 5×
- carboniferous of 5×
- early carboniferous 3×
- carboniferous is 3×
- of carboniferous 3×
- carboniferous rainforest 3×
- carboniferous and 3×
- carboniferous lycophytes 2×