Old Red Sandstone

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Old Red Sandstone

1. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a thick sequence of sedimentary rock (generally, but not always, red) deposited in Britain and NW Europe during the Devonian period

2. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) (in Britain) another term for Devonian Abbreviation ORS

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Asterolepis Cephalaspis Devonian age Ludlow group			After the collision of the continents of Laurentia and Avalonia, Britain became part of the Old Red Sandstone continent, which lay just south of the Equator in a hot and arid climate. Rocks reveal the Wall is about more than Hadrian by The Journal (Newcastle, England) Rock from this period is called old red sandstone and was the main stone used in the mediaeval buildings of north Warwickshire. When crocodiles swam in the Avon; COVENTRY: The making of a city by McGrory, David / Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)			Old Low Franconian Old Low German old maid old maid flower old man old man of the mountain old man's beard Old man's head old master old media old money old moon Old Nick Old Norse Old North French Old North State Old Northwest Old Norwegian old people's home Old Persian old person Old Portuguese Old Pretender Old Provençal Old Prussian Old Red Sandstone old rose Old Russian old salt Old Saxon old school old school tie Old Scratch old skool Old Slavonic old sledge old snow old sod old soldier Old song Old South Old South Arabian Old Spanish old squaw old stager Old Stone Age old style Old Style calendar old style font old sweat Old Swedish			Old Post Office Tower Old Post Office Tower Old Post Road Orchestra Old Presbyterian Meeting House Old Pretender Old Pretender Old Private Sector Bank Old Protestant Episcopal Church Old Provencal Old Provencal Old Provençal Old Prussian Old Prussian Old Prussian Old Prussian language Old Prussian language Old Prussians Old Pueblo Bass Anglers Old Pueblo Business Alliance Old Pueblo Community Foundation Old Pueblo Lapidary Club Old Pueblo Mustang Club Old Pueblo Trout Unlimited Old Pueblo Water Polo Old Puget Sound Beach Rugby Football Club Old Quarry Branch Library Old Queenswoodians' Association Old Red Age Old Red Age Old Red Continent Old Red Sandstone Old Red Sandstone continent Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center Old Reel Collectors Association Old Regime Old Regime Old régime Old régime Old Regular Baptist Church Old Relationship Energy Old Republic Home Protection Old Republic International Corporation Old Republic Life Insurance Co. Old Republic Surety Company Old Republic Title Old Republic Title Company Old Republic Title Holding Company Old Republic Title Insurance Group Old Retired Fart Old Rhodesian Air Force Old Ritualists Old Road Campus Research Building Old Road to Nine-Acre Corner Old Rochester Regional Old Rochester Regional High School Old Rochester Regional Junior High School Old Rochester Youth Lacrosse

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