lower carboniferous Definition

mississippian, lower carboniferous period, missippian period, pelitic, zechstein, schists, norite, dacitic, porphyritic, dolomites, extrusive, chalcedonic, hornblende, anastomosing, silicic, syncline, decalcified, claystone, argillaceous, batholith, alkalic, pelite, pegmatitic, evaporite, dolerite, ankerite, pyroxenite, surficial, interbedded, lithology, auriferous, rhyolitic, chloritic, muscovite, lapilli, eclogite, actinolite, ultrabasic, stratiform, thrust fault, gneissic, amphibolite, limestones, pyrophyllite, palaeozoic, diabase, hornfels, monzonite, foreland, fuchsite, greisen, schistose, veinlet, greywacke, alunite, leucoxene, biotitic, porphyries, chrysocolla, phyllite, diopside, palaeocene, mylonite, colluvial, lateritic, overlie, terrane, dunite, arcuate, siliceous, cherty, mudstone, illite, argillite, siltstone, hypogene, covellite, syenitic, domal, kaolinite, graben, overthrust, pluton, diorite, felsite, sylvite, turonian, lamprophyre, gabbro, metasomatic, granitic, phosphorite, ostracod, paleogene, eluvial, epidote, clastic, archaean, hematitic, anticlines,