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Tethys Geol.|ˈtɛθɪs|
[L. Tēthys, Gr. τηθύς, a sea-goddess: see quot. 1893.]
The name of a large sea that formerly lay between Eurasia and Africa. Hence ˈTethyan a.
1893E. Suess in Nat. Sci. II. 183 Modern geology permits us to follow the first outlines of the history of a great ocean which once stretched across part of Eurasia. The folded and crumpled deposits of this ocean stand forth to heaven in Thibet, Himalaya, and the Alps. This ocean we designate by the name ‘Tethys’, after the sister and consort of Oceanus. Ibid. 184 The later Tethyan history..forms certainly one of the most attractive chapters of historical geography. 1931[see Laurasia]. 1947Auden Age of Anxiety vi. 133 The Laurentian Landshield was ruthlessly gerrymandered, And there was a terrible tussle over the Tethys Ocean. 1970R. M. Black Elements Palaeont. vi. 52 The rudists occur mainly in the deposits of Tethys. 1971Nature 29 Jan. 311/1 Old ocean floor was subducted into the Tethyan trench. 1972Sci. Amer. June 61/3 In late Paleozoic times a wide tropical seaway, the Tethys, almost circled the globe. The only barrier to the Tethys Sea was formed by the combined land masses of North America and western Europe, which were then connected. |