| 单词 | epicontinental sea |
| 释义 | > as lemmasepicontinental sea Esp. of a body of water: covering the surface of a continental mass or area of continental shelf. Chiefly in epicontinental sea. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > region of sea or ocean > [adjective] > overlying continental shelf epicontinental1898 1898 T. C. Chamberlin in Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 6 602 The inland extensions of the sea attendant upon such an advance may be conveniently designated epicontinental seas. 1935 Geogr. Jrnl. 86 498 An epicontinental embayment of the Pacific. 1988 P. Cloud Oasis in Space vii. 169/1 Non-marine sediments show that land existed, but extensive epicratonal (epicontinental) deposits, commonplace later, are rare or absent. 2008 Vanity Fair May 272/1 The Arctic is a shallow epicontinental sea on a continental base. < as lemmas |
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