Allocycle
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Allocycle is a noun meaning (geology, civil engineering) A cycle in rock formation whose major forces come from outside the formation via tectonics, volcanism, climate change, or other outside forces, as contrasted with being contained within the formation.
Meaning
(geology, civil engineering) A cycle in rock formation whose major forces come from outside the formation via tectonics, volcanism, climate change, or other outside forces, as contrasted with being contained within the formation.
Word Forms
- allocycles
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cyclostratigraphy, alluvial, onlap, megasequence, lithogenesy, diagenesis.
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