palaeicpaleicadj.

1901 H. Reusch in Norges Geol. Undersøgelse No. 32 Aarbog 1900 ) 241 In countries where the contrast between the old and the new forms of the landscape is well pronounced, it may be convenient to have a word for the original relief as opposed to the later forms of denudation. As an expression of this kind I have used in my paper the words ‘palæic surface’ for the old surface. With regard to Norway I am inclined to define it more closely as that surface which existed..before the quaternary period,..the tertiary surface.

1922 Geografiska Annaler 4 4 The Palaeic valleys in Jotunheim cannot be characterized as glacial troughs; the transverse profiles are open, the sides not steep, and the tributary valleys not hanging.

1963 D. W. Humphries & E. E. Humphries tr. H. Termier & G. Termier Erosion & Sedimentation v. 121 The Gudbrandsdal..falls into Lake Mjøs having crossed the Paleic surface in the region of the Sparagmite.

1996 A. M. Hall in N. F. Glasser & M. R. Bennett Quaternary Cairngorms Field Guide ii. 15 The scenery of the Cairngorms is dominated by two generations of relief..: an older or paleic relief comprising the rolling slopes of the plateau and the younger glacial forms, including troughs, corries and cliffs, which are cut into the paleic surface.