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Thulean, a. Geol.|ˈθjuːlɪən|
[f. Thule + -an.]
Of, pertaining to, or designating a region of Tertiary volcanic activity including Iceland and parts of Britain and Greenland.
1925Glasgow Herald 10 Nov. 11/5 Jan Mayen, he said, formed a part of the Thulean or Brito-Arctic petrographical province. 1938A. K. Wells Outl. Hist. Geol. xvii. 206 Evidently Britain lay on the fringe of a vast North Atlantic (or Thulean) volcanic province. 1976P. Francis Volcanoes vii. 219 The Giant's Causeway in Antrim, and Fingal's Cave on the island of Staffa both originated when the Thulean plateau was being formed. |