Archicontinent
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Archicontinent is a noun meaning (geology, rare) A continental land mass that was present in geologic time.
Meaning
(geology, rare) A continental land mass that was present in geologic time.
Example Sentences
The archicontinent marginal sedimentary transits to carbonate platform sedimentary from south to north, and the restricted platform and supratidal dolomitic flat develop.
Finally, corresponding to the "Antarctic Archicontinent" that was postulated by von IHERING (1890) and by AMEGHINO (1891) on the basis of palaeontological evidence, RAMOS (1984) has recently presented a reactivated hypothesis.
Word Forms
- archicontinents
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ur-continent, protocontinent, palaeocontinent, paleocontinent, supercontinent, continent.
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