palaeoceanographerpaleoceanographern.
/ˌpalɪˌəʊʃəˈnɒɡrəfə/, /ˌpeɪlɪˌəʊʃəˈnɒɡrəfə/, U.S. /ˈˌpeɪliˌoʊʃəˈnɑɡrəfər/; see also palaeo- comb. form. An expert in or student of oceanography.
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palaeoceanographer1957
1957 Mem. Geol. Soc. Amer. 67 ii. xxiv. 684 The development of the method of paleotemperature research..using the O16:O18 ratio in carbonates and other solid salts of oxyacids has provided the most powerful single tool yet invented in the equipment of the paleo-oceanographer.
1987 Nature 4 June 370/1 Palaeo-oceanographers studying microfossils from deep-sea sediments have developed timescales accurate enough to demonstrate convincingly the presence of these ‘Milankovitch cycles’ during the past several hundred thousand years.
1997 Science 11 July 183/3 A similar study by paleoceanographer Maureen Raymo..favours eccentricity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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