archicontinent
archicontinent noun: a continental land mass that was present in geologic time.
Noun
archicontinent (plural archicontinents)
- A continental land mass that was present in geologic time
- Finally, corresponding to the "Antarctic Archicontinent" that was postulated by von IHERING (1890) and by AMEGHINO (1891) on the basis of palaeontological evidence, RAMOS (1984) has recently presented a reactivated hypothesis.1988, Miguel A. Gonzalez, “Late Pleistocene and Holocene Coastal Behaviour front 33° to 40° South, Argentine Republic”, in Journal of Coastal Research, page 59
- The archicontinent marginal sedimentary transits to carbonate platform sedimentary from south to north, and the restricted platform and supratidal dolomitic flat develop.2015, Lin Yu-xiang, “Lithofacies Paleogeography Characteristics of Early Ordovician in the Eastern Part of North China Platform”, in Journal of Earth Sciences and Environment
Forms of archicontinent
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Origin of archicontinent
From archi- + continent.
Words formed from archicontinent
- archicontinental
Questions about archicontinent
- What does archicontinent mean?
- Archicontinent means a continental land mass that was present in geologic time.
- What part of speech is archicontinent?
- Archicontinent is a noun.
- What is the plural of archicontinent?
- The plural of archicontinent is archicontinents.
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