geohistoryn.
/ˌdʒiːəʊˈhɪst(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌdʒioʊˈhɪst(ə)ri/ 1. The geological history of the earth or of a region; (also) geological time.
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1922 T. O. Bosworth Geol. N.-W. Peru xlv. 258 (heading) Summary of the Quaternary geo-history.
1964 Jrnl. Near Eastern Stud. 23 77/1 We must not overlook one of the most important events in the geohistory of Egypt—the coming into being of the Red Sea..and the definitive separation of the continents of Africa and Asia.
1991 S. F. Mason Chem. Evol. i. 2 Recovered meteorites provide the evidence. Near-original samples of these conglomerates and assemblies, dating back to around 4.5 billion years ago, have bombarded the Earth throughout geohistory.
2008 Science 12 Sept. 1447/2 Deep time had no angst attached: the leading geologists, who included several churchmen, unanimously accepted the vast scale of geohistory.
2. History as studied in the context of geography or the earth sciences.
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1950 Amer. Hist. Rev. 55 349 The objective is a complete, dynamic description..of ‘the whole Mediterranean world’..as it must have been in the age of Philip II. The plan requires, first, a reconstruction of the ‘geohistory’ (Braudel's coinage) of the Mediterranean area about 1550.
1978 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 91 760 The migration chart served him as a reference text for the geohistory of his people [sc. the Ojibwa].
2002 Independent 19 Apr. (Review section) 6/1 Dava Sobel's Longitude and Simon Winchester's The Map that Changed the World (both of which might be described as ‘geohistory’).
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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