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aulacogens

aulacogens is the plural of aulacogen.

Meaning of aulacogen

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

Questions about aulacogens

What is aulacogens the plural of?
Aulacogens is the plural of aulacogen.

Words near aulacogens in the dictionary

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

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