请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 geosyncline
释义

geosynclinen.

Brit. /ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)ˈsɪŋklʌɪn/, U.S. /ˌdʒioʊˈsɪŋˌklaɪn/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: geo- comb. form, syncline n. at synclinal adj. and n. Derivatives.
Etymology: < geo- comb. form + syncline n. at synclinal adj. and n. Derivatives. Compare German Geosynkline (1873 in an abstract of the source cited in quot. 1873 at geosynclinal n., translating geosynclinal n.). Compare earlier geosynclinal n.
Geology.
A large-scale basin or trough in the earth's crust containing sedimentary and volcanic deposits of great thickness, formerly hypothesized to have formed mountain chains by folding and uplifting. Contrasted with geanticline n. Cf. earlier geosynclinal n.Once regarded as a key element in theories of mountain-building, the concept of the geosyncline lost its importance with the discovery of plate tectonics and continental drift.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > fold or dip > [noun] > geosyncline
geosynclinal1873
geosyncline1883
parageosyncline1923
orthogeosyncline1936
eugeosyncline1942
miogeosyncline1942
miogeocline1966
eugeocline1972
1883 J. D. Dana New Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 4) ii. 56 Bendings of the earth's crust, geanticline an upward bend, and geosyncline [ed. 3, 1874: geosynclinal] a downward bend. These words are from the Greek for earth and the words anticline and syncline.
1896 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 35 214 The total thickness of the sediments in this geosyncline is enormous—24,000 feet.
1925 J. Joly Surface-hist. Earth v. 85 The geosyncline wherein the Cordilleras of N. America were cradled extended from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Ocean.
1976 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 280 643 They [sc. sediments] rest on metamorphosed Archean to Lower Proterozoic rocks of the Pine Creek geosyncline.
1990 P. Kearey & F. J. Vine Global Tectonics i. 6 Some workers retain geosynclinal terminology to describe sedimentary associations.
2005 Jrnl. Paleontol. 79 378/1 Both..areas are located within the transitional belt between the active geosyncline and the adjacent stable platform.
2009 Sun Herald (Biloxi, Mississippi) (Nexis) 18 July Do you remember the concept of geosynclines, the absurd notion of the way mountain chains were formed?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1883
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/20 6:18:45