Definition of Tertiary

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Tertiary

The term 'Tertiary' as it applies to the area of volcanos can be defined as '   Period of geologic time from about 65 million years ago until 1.8 million years ago. It contains the Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, and Pliocene epochs'.

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