Lexic.us

Definition of Triassic period

1. Noun. From 230 million to 190 million years ago; dinosaurs, marine reptiles; volcanic activity.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Triassic Period

Literary usage of Triassic period

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1876)
"The triassic period ; 2. The JURASSIC PERIOD ; 3. ... triassic period (16). The name Triassic, given to this period, alludes to a threefold division which ..."

2. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1880)
"The triassic period; 2. The JURASSIC PERIODS 3. ... triassic period (1&). The name Triassic, given to this period, alludes to a threefold division which ..."

3. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"THE LIFE OF THE triassic period. Those remarkable physical conditions that had. dominated the land and impoverished its fauna and flora in the Permian ..."

4. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"THE LIFE OF THE triassic period. Those remarkable physical conditions that had dominated the land and impoverished its fauna and flora in the Permian period ..."

5. Annual Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1900)
"Towards the close of the triassic period great physical changes occurred, of which the extrusion of trap dykes was one of the prominent features. ..."

6. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"THE triassic period. THE crustal movements which affected the North American continent ... 621); but in the triassic period the open sea seems to have been ..."

7. A Text-book of Geology for Use in Universities: Colleges, Schools of Science by Louis Valentine Pirsson, Charles Schuchert (1920)
"... BEGINNING OF MESOZOIC TIME: THE triassic period Mesozoic Era To the founders of Geology the Mesozoic rocks were known as the " Secondary " formations, ..."

8. Elements of Geology: A Text-book for Colleges and for the General Reader by Joseph Le Conte (1903)
"triassic period. In this country the Triassic and Jurassic are not so ... triassic period. As already stated, the Triassic strata are nearly always uncon- ..."

Other Resources: