ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Paleoelevation

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Paleoelevation is a noun meaning (geology) Elevation (of land) that occurred in the geological past.

Meaning

(geology) Elevation (of land) that occurred in the geological past.

Example Sentences

In the Basin and Range province paleoelevations were calculated for two Late Eocene floras in northeastern Nevada (Povey et al., 1994).

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include paleoaltimetry, paleotemperature, paleogeology, paleo-high, paleosurface, palaeotemperature.

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