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Definition of Norian

Norian
Norian No"ri*an, a. [From norite.] (Geol.) Pertaining to the upper portion of the Laurentian rocks. --T. S. Hunt.

Meaning of Norian from wikipedia

- The Norian is a division of the Tri****ic Period. It has the rank of an age (geochronology) or stage (chronostratigraphy). It lasted from ~227 to 208.5...
- of the Tri****ic System (in chronostratigraphy). It was preceded by the Norian and succeeded by the Hettangian (the lowermost stage or earliest age of...
- and its subsidiary Norian both pleaded guilty to crimes relating to illegally implanting bone cement without FDA approval. Norian will admit to a felony...
- Smilosuchus (Lucas 1998). The Carnian-Norian extinction meant that these animals died off, and the Early Norian sees new genera like Nicrosaurus and Pseudopalatus...
- relatively cool period known as the Early Norian Cool Interval (ENCI), after which occurred the Mid-Norian Warm Interval (MNWI) from 217 to 209 Ma. The...
- Tan Sri Norian Mai (born 5 November 1946) was the sixth Inspector-General of Police (IGP) of Malaysia and served from 8 January 1999 until his retirement...
- usually divided into the Carnian, Norian, and Rhaetian ages, and the corresponding rocks are referred to as the Carnian, Norian, and Rhaetian stages. Tri****ic...
- Lucas and Hunt (2013) described three distal ends of humeri from early-mid Norian Bull Canyon Formation in New Mexico, which they interpreted as bones of...
- lepidopterans by about 70 million years, supporting molecular estimates of a Norian (ca 212 million years) divergence of glossatan and non-glossatan lepidopterans...
- does increase through the Carnian, it increases faster in the Ladinian and Norian, suggesting that the CPE was not a major influence on the rise of dinosaurs...