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miogeoclinal

miogeoclinal adjective: of or relating to a miogeocline.

Adjective

miogeoclinal (not comparable)

  1. of or relating to a miogeocline
    • 84, 3489 (1973)] showed that the initial 87 Sr/ 86 Sr = 0.706 contour in the Sierran batholith approximates the western limit of Paleozoic miogeoclinal sediments (Fig. 1 ).2000 September 15, Cin-Ty Lee et al., “Osmium Isotopic Evidence for Mesozoic Removal of Lithospheric Mantle Beneath the Sierra Nevada, California”, in Science, volume 289, number 5486, →DOI, pages...

Origin of miogeoclinal

From miogeocline + -al.

Questions about miogeoclinal

What does miogeoclinal mean?
Miogeoclinal means of or relating to a miogeocline.
What part of speech is miogeoclinal?
Miogeoclinal is an adjective.

Words near miogeoclinal in the dictionary

  1. Miocene
  2. Miocenic
  3. Miodonka
  4. Mioduszewski
  5. miofloral
  6. miogeoclinal
  7. miogeocline
  8. miogeoclines
  9. miogeosynclinal
  10. miogeosyncline
  11. miogeosynclines

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