epeiricadj.

/ɛˈpʌɪərɪk/

Etymology: < Greek ἤπειρος mainland, continent + -ic suffix.

Geology.

epeiric sea n. see quot. 1930.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [noun] > within continental shelf

epeiric sea1917

1917 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 28 780 Stormy epeiric seas are represented by Lake Erie and the North Sea.

1925 J. 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.

1930 J. Joly Surface-hist. Earth (ed. 2) 208 Epeiric seas, shallow marine waters connected with the oceans but wholly within the continental platform.

1964 A. 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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	epeiric
释义	epeiricadj. /ɛˈpʌɪərɪk/ Etymology: < Greek ἤπειρος mainland, continent + -ic suffix. Geology. epeiric sea n. see quot. 1930. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [noun] > within continental shelf epeiric sea1917 1917 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 28 780 Stormy epeiric seas are represented by Lake Erie and the North Sea. 1925 J. 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. 1930 J. Joly Surface-hist. Earth (ed. 2) 208 Epeiric seas, shallow marine waters connected with the oceans but wholly within the continental platform. 1964 A. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1917
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