单词	palaeogeography
释义	palaeogeography /ˌpalɪəʊdʒɪˈɒɡrəfi / /ˌpeɪlɪəʊdʒɪˈɒɡrəfi/ (US paleogeography) noun [mass noun] The study of geographical features at periods in the geological past.Moreover, the collections have played an integral role in understanding western North American paleogeography, and the past climatic changes that have shaped this region's modern biota.... The science of paleogeography has improved immeasurably over the last few decades. The Late Jurassic palaeogeography of the northern Antarctic Peninsula region has been the focus of a series of studies in the last two decades. Derivatives palaeogeographer noun ... Initially, the biologists met up a palaeogeographer who predicted what the world map was going to look like in the future. Since the physical structures of the Earth's surface have changed over geologic time, palaeogeographers have coined various names for ancient regions that no longer exist. palaeogeographical /ˌpalɪəʊdʒɪəˈɡrafɪk(ə)l/ /ˌpeɪlɪəʊdʒɪəˈɡrafɪk(ə)l/ adjective ... But the principles underlying these approaches to palaeogeographical reconstruction are very different and worth reiterating here. Most palaeogeographical data are conveyed on palaeogeographical maps, which can include a palaeogeological map designed to show the outcrop pattern during a particular past time-span. Considerable progress has been made in determining the palaeogeographical positions of major continents throughout Phanerozoic time.
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