单词 | palaeogeography |
释义 | palaeogeographypaleogeographyn. The geographical features of an area at some time in the past; the branch of science that deals with such features. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > surface of the earth > [noun] > features of geography1595 palaeogeography1881 the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > [noun] > palaeogeography palaeogeography1881 palaeography1896 1881 R. Etheridge in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 37 228 Could we strip off all the Secondary and Tertiary rocks, and reveal or expose the extension of the older or Palæozoic series towards Germany on the east, and France on the south, then the vexed question of the old physical geology and geography (palæogeography) of Britain and the relation and correlation of our area with that of Europe would be revealed. 1917 R. S. Lull Org. Evol. (1926) xxv. 419 It was such evidences..which enabled Professor Schuchert to prepare the admirable series of maps showing the evolution and vicissitudes of the North American continent and thus to raise Paleogeography to the status of a science. 1990 A. S. Trenhaile Geomorphol. Canada v. 79 Views are still rapidly changing on the palaeogeography of the Laurentide ice sheet in the late Wisconsin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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