Microcontinent
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Microcontinent is a noun meaning (geography) A fragment of continental crust that has cleaved off its parent tectonic plate.
Meaning
(geography) A fragment of continental crust that has cleaved off its parent tectonic plate.
Example Sentences
Seychelles can first be considered to have existed 62 mya when the Seychelles microcontinent split from India as a result of intense activity in the Carlsberg ridge which started 64 mya[…]
Word Forms
- microcontinents
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include continent, terrane, diastrophism, tectophase, cape, segment.
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