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palaeodepth

palaeodepth is the alternative spelling of paleodepth.

Meaning of paleodepth

Noun

paleodepth (plural paleodepths)

  1. Depth of an ocean deposit at a particular time in the geologic past
    • These models indicate that paleodepths were on the order of 30 m or so at the time of the boundary event.1996, Richard K. Olsson et al., “The Cretaceous-Tertiary Catastrophic Event at Millers Ferry, Alabama”, in Graham Ryder et al., editors, The Cretaceous-Tertiary Event and Other Catastrophes in Earth...

Forms of palaeodepth

pluralpalaeodepths

Origin of palaeodepth

From palaeo- + depth.

Questions about palaeodepth

What is palaeodepth the alternative spelling of?
Palaeodepth is the alternative spelling of paleodepth.

Words near palaeodepth in the dictionary

  1. palaeodemographic
  2. palaeodemographies
  3. palaeodemography
  4. palaeodeposition
  5. palaeodepositional
  6. palaeodepth
  7. palaeodepths
  8. palaeodesert
  9. palaeodicots
  10. Palaeodicotyledons
  11. palaeodiet

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Adapted from Wiktionary: palaeodepth (page history and authors); paleodepth (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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