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aulacogen

aulacogen noun: a tectonic trough on a craton that is formed as the failed arm of a triple-rift junction.

Noun

aulacogen (plural aulacogens)

  1. A tectonic trough on a craton that is formed as the failed arm of a triple-rift junction.
    • The Barnett Shale originated as a normal marine shelf deposit on the southwestern fIank of the subsiding Southern Oklahoma aulacogen...1980, Robert L. Bates, Julia A. Jackson, editors, Glossary of Geology, Falls Church, Virginia: American Geological Institute

Forms of aulacogen

pluralaulacogens

Questions about aulacogen

What does aulacogen mean?
Aulacogen means a tectonic trough on a craton that is formed as the failed arm of a triple-rift junction.
What part of speech is aulacogen?
Aulacogen is a noun.
What is the plural of aulacogen?
The plural of aulacogen is aulacogens.

Words near aulacogen in the dictionary

  1. aulacids
  2. aulacigastrid
  3. aulacigastrids
  4. aulacocerid
  5. aulacocerids
  6. aulacogen
  7. aulacogene
  8. aulacogens
  9. aulacophore
  10. aulacophores
  11. aulacopleurid

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