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epeiric, a. Geol.|ɛˈpaɪərɪk|
[f. Gr. ἤπειρος mainland, continent + -ic.]
epeiric sea: see quot. 1930.
1917Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. XXVIII. 780 Stormy epeiric seas are represented by Lake Erie and the North Sea. 1925J. Joly Surface-Hist. Earth iii. App. 65 We are justified in ascribing the epeiric seas, attending the coming of a revolution, to the density-changes arising from the change of state of a basaltic substratum. 1930Ibid. (ed. 2) 208 Epeiric seas, shallow marine waters connected with the oceans but wholly within the continental platform. 1964A. B. Shaw Time in Stratigr. ii. 7 Great currents of the type characteristic of today's open oceans probably did not occur in epeiric seas of the past. |