Avalonian

Even if Scotland and Southern England are now right next door to each other, during the Cambrian and Ordovician, the "Avalonian" and "Laurentian" rocks were deposited on the opposite shores of a long-vanished ocean.

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Not only can you make a subdivision between two distinctive fossil assemblages, but it's the same subdivision - the rocks on the coast, east of the white dotted line, contain the same fossil groups as rocks of the same age in the southern British Isles - which is usually referred to as the "Avalonian" assemblage, after the

ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2009

In the Cambrian and early Ordovician, the "Avalonian" fossil assemblage is closely linked to fossil groups found in similarly aged rocks in north-west Africa (now exposed in places like the Atlas Mountains in Morocco).

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The Evolution of Rheic Ocean: From Avalonian-Cadomian Active Margin to Alleghenian-Variscan Collision addresses long-standing controversies surrounding the ocean's origin, paleogeography, and ultimate closure.

Speedlinking 10/9/07 William Harryman 2007

To quote an Avalonian phrase, "The event was sooo beast!"

qdiosa Diary Entry qdiosa 2004

I am incredibly psyched for this coming weekend ... to quote an Avalonian phrase, "It is gonna be beast."

qdiosa Diary Entry qdiosa 2004

Half-naked children played in alien dust ten light-years removed from their closest non-Avalonian relations.

Beowulf's Children Niven, Larry 1995

She was comparing the eel with other Avalonian life forms, including the dreaded grendel.

Beowulf's Children Niven, Larry 1995

But a Tragon-Weyland alliance would affect Avalonian history for the next three centuries.

Beowulf's Children Niven, Larry 1995

She was a month younger than Justin's nineteen adjusted Earth years-or about twelve Avalonian cycles.

Beowulf's Children Niven, Larry 1995