Paleodesert
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A prehistoric desert.
"Although both the facies mentioned above may have formed in paleodeserts, the metallic minerals and the petroleum were introduced subsequently, after burial and during diagenesis."
Example
More examples"Although both the facies mentioned above may have formed in paleodeserts, the metallic minerals and the petroleum were introduced subsequently, after burial and during diagenesis."
Etymology
From paleo- + desert.
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