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palaeodesert

palaeodesert is the alternative form of paleodesert.

Meaning of paleodesert

Noun

paleodesert (plural paleodeserts)

  1. A prehistoric desert.
    • Although both the facies mentioned above may have formed in paleodeserts, the metallic minerals and the petroleum were introduced subsequently, after burial and during diagenesis.1985, Peter Laznicka, Empirical metallogeny: depositional environments, lithologic associations and metallic ores

Origin of palaeodesert

From palaeo- + desert.

Questions about palaeodesert

What is palaeodesert the alternative form of?
Palaeodesert is the alternative form of paleodesert.

Words near palaeodesert in the dictionary

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

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