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单词 Carnian
释义 Carnian, a.|ˈkɑːnɪən|
[ad. L. Carnicus (see *Carnic a.) + -ian.]
1. Carnian Alps = Carnic Alps s.v. *Carnic a. 1. rare.
1802J. Pinkerton Mod. Geogr. I. 377 The calcareous hills of Carinthia afford many singular scenes; which are however exceeded by those of the Carnian Alps, or Birnbaumer mountains, of Carniola.1876H. F. Tozer Classical Geogr. ix. 95 After this, the mountains that sweep round towards the Adriatic bear the name of Carnian or Julian Alps.
2. Geol. Also Karnian. [After *Carnic a. 2.] Of, pertaining to, or designating the first of the three stages constituting the Upper Triassic in Europe. Also absol.
1948R. L. Sherlock Permo-Triassic Formations i. 16 (table) Norian/Carnian.1969Dunbar & Waage Hist. Geol. (ed. 3) xiv. 321/2 Similar spread of the seas in other parts of the world apparently permitted much wider distribution of ammonoid faunas, for those of the Karnian and Norian stages of the Late Triassic..are worldwide.1970Nature 18 Apr. 255/2 An important halite of proved or probable Carnian age is found in Cheshire (the Upper Saliferous Beds).1989Ibid. 7 Sept. 16/2 The lithocolumn supplied by me has been changed without my knowledge to increase the thickness of the Triassic by about 30 m, possibly to accommodate the Carnian conodonts.
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