| 释义 |
Plio-Pleistocene, a. Geol.|ˌplaɪəʊˈplaɪstəsiːn|
[f. Pliocene a. (n.) + Pleistocene a. (n.).]
Of or pertaining to the end of the Pliocene and the beginning of the Pleistocene epochs, or the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs together. Also absol.
1929Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. LXXXV. 520, I am the more inclined to look on the remarkable conglomerate of Wadi Abu Nefukh..as of the late Pliocene or Plio-Pleistocene age. 1946F. E. Zeuner Dating the Past v. 135 Reasons have been given..for fixing the Plio-Pleistocene boundary just before the Early Glaciation. 1957J. K. Charlesworth Quaternary Era xl. 1087 The exchange of plants between Asia and North America and the spread of the horse and camel-llama from North America to Asia about the Plio-Pleistocene transition. 1975Nature 4 Dec. 395/1 Plio-Pleistocene lacustrine and fluvial strata exposed along the east side of Lake Rudolf, Kenya, now known as ‘East Rudolf’, have been under study since 1969. 1977Offshore Engineer May 37/3 Plio-Pleistocene sedimentation could not keep pace, and layers are very thin. 1978Nature 17 Aug. 662/2 In the Plio-Pleistocene of East Africa, the various species of hippo are most common in river channel and lake margin sediments. |