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EES 1004 (UNO)
Chapter 9 vocab
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Undergraduate 1
02/23/2011
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acritarchs
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Animikie Group
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coelum
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cyanobacteria
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Prokaryotic, photosynthetic microorganisms that possess chlorophyll and produce oxygen. formerly termed blue-green algae
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dropstones
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Ediacaran fauna
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the late proterozoic fauna of multicellular animals first discovered in Australia but subsequently found in rocks about 600 million years old in many continents
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epicontinental
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Greenville orogeny
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Keweenawan
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Labrador Trough
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Laurentia
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metazoan
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Mesoproterozoic Era
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molecular fossil
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Neoproterozic Era
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orogen
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Paleoproterozoic Era
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Precambrian province
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Rodinia
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tillite
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unsorted glacial drift (till) that has been converted into solid rock
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Varangian glaciation
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varve
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a thin sedimentary layer or pair of layers that represent the depositional record of a single year
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Vendoza
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Vendoza controversy
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Wilson Cycle
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