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paleoelevation

paleoelevation noun: elevation (of land) that occurred in the geological past.

Noun

paleoelevation (plural paleoelevations)

  1. Elevation (of land) that occurred in the geological past.
    • In the Basin and Range province paleoelevations were calculated for two Late Eocene floras in northeastern Nevada (Povey et al., 1994).1999, Alan Graham, Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic History of North American Vegetation

Forms of paleoelevation

pluralpaleoelevations

Origin of paleoelevation

From paleo- + elevation.

Questions about paleoelevation

What does paleoelevation mean?
Paleoelevation means elevation (of land) that occurred in the geological past.
What part of speech is paleoelevation?
Paleoelevation is a noun.
What is the plural of paleoelevation?
The plural of paleoelevation is paleoelevations.

Words near paleoelevation in the dictionary

  1. paleoeconomics
  2. paleoeconomies
  3. paleoeconomy
  4. paleoecosystem
  5. paleoecosystems
  6. paleoelevation
  7. paleoelevations
  8. paleoencephalic
  9. paleoencephalon
  10. paleoendemic
  11. paleoendemism

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