Paleoatmosphere

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An atmosphere, particularly that of Earth, at some unspecified time in the geological past.

    "Of the various paleorecords available to science, ice cores from polar and high altitude ice sheets provide the most direct and highest resolution view of paleoatmospheres."

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"Of the various paleorecords available to science, ice cores from polar and high altitude ice sheets provide the most direct and highest resolution view of paleoatmospheres."

Etymology

From paleo- + atmosphere.

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