palaeotopographicalpaleotopographicaladj.
/ˌpalɪəʊˌtɒpəˈɡrafᵻkl/, /ˌpeɪlɪəʊˌtɒpəˈɡrafᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈˌpeɪlioʊˌtɑpəˈɡræfək(ə)l/ Geology and Archaeology.
= palaeotopographic adj.
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > [adjective] > physical geography > topology or topography > palaeotopography
palaeophysiographical1898
palaeophysiographic1909
palaeotopographic1943
palaeotopographical1960
1960 Canad. Mining & Metallurg. Bull. 53 535/2 The oil has accumulated beneath the unconformity and the accompanying ‘caprock’ wherever the subcrop trend of a reservoir bed crosses a paleotopographical ridge.
1979 Current Anthropol. 20 671/1 The palaeotopographical study of the site of Meer reveals the distribution of the material and several concentration areas.
1982 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 305 60 The transgressive series filled the palaeotopographical lows so that the hydrocarbons generated later were able to migrate into structurally higher traps.
Derivatives
ˌpalaeotopoˈgraphically adv. from the point of view of palaeotopography, as regards palaeotopography.
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > [adverb] > physical geography > topology or topography > palaeotopography
palaeotopographically1966
1966 Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists 50 2296/1 These quantitative concepts are very useful in interpreting an area paleotopographically; i.e., they keep the number of tributaries, lengths of streams, and channel slopes within specific limits according to geomorphological principles.
1995 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 82 Suppl. 88 In one local area..roots represent up to 50% of the plant fossils recovered... We interpret this anomalous occurrence to have been deposited in a paleotopographically deeper area.
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adj.1960