palaeothermometrypaleothermometryn.
/ˌpalɪəʊθəˈmɒmᵻtri/, /ˌpeɪlɪəʊθəˈmɒmᵻtri/, U.S. /ˈˌpeɪlioʊˌθərˈmɑmətri/ Geology.
The investigation of the temperature of climates and oceans in the geological past.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > [noun] > climatology > types of climatology
bioclimatology1910
palaeoclimatology1916
bioclimatics1921
microclimatology1934
dendroclimatology1953
palaeothermometry1957
1957 Chem. Abstr. 51 12773 (heading) Determination of climatic conditions of some regions of the U.S.S.R. in the Upper Cretaceous period by the method of isotopic paleothermometry.
1971 Nature 13 Aug. 466/2 Reconstruction of the climatic and hydrologic history of ocean basins has been based on either oxygen isotope palaeothermometry or studies of foraminiferal assemblages preserved in deep sea sediments.
1992 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 338 301/2 Recent advances in our knowledge of stable isotope palaeothermometry have suggested that, from a mid-Cretaceous peak.., global marine temperatures have declined to their present-day values.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1957