episodicityn.
/ˌɛpɪsəˈdɪsɪti/ Chiefly Geology.
The quality or character of being episodic.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > convulsion > [noun] > volcanic activity > frequency of occurrence
episodicity1965
1965 Special Papers U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 82. 185 (heading) Mazatzal orogeny and tectonic episodicity.
1974 Nature 16 Aug. 544/2 Magmatism in any particular tectonic segment can be expected to possess its own unique episodicity and spatial distribution.
1981 J. P. Kennett in C. Emiliani Sea VII. xxxi. 1413 The character of research..has changed..to an effort to determine any episodicity in volcanism, changes in the geochemical character of volcanism through time, [etc.].
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