Palinspastic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pælɪnˈspæstɪk/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Palinspastic is an adjective meaning (geology, of a map) Showing the previous location of geological features, correcting for any intervening crustal movements.
Meaning
(geology, of a map) Showing the previous location of geological features, correcting for any intervening crustal movements.
Example Sentences
Exactly when the first palinspastic reconstruction was published is uncertain.
To improve the accuracy of spatial reconstruction through time, it is necessary to estimate and restore bulk strain by working backward in time so that the maps represent palinspastic reconstructions of geologic development.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spatiokinematic, planispherical, coseismal, geospecific, spatiotopographic, periplegmatic.
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