Messiniann.adj.

Brit.

/mɛˈsɪnɪən/,

/məˈsɪnɪən/, U.S.

/məˈsɪniən/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French Messinien.

Etymology: < French Messinien (C. Mayer 1868, reported in Bull. Soc. Géol. de France (1877) 5 292), perhaps < the name of Messina (see Messinese n. and adj.) or the neighbouring Strait of Messina + -ien -ian suffix.

Geology.

A. n.

The most recent age of the Miocene epoch, from about 6.7 to 5.2 million years ago; the stratigraphic stage corresponding to this. Usually with the.

ΚΠ

1885 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 2) iv. iv. 882 In the Liguria region, according to C. Mayer, the Pliocene series consists of the following groups in ascending order: 1, Messinian (= Zanclean of Seguenza) [etc.].

1964 Cursillos y Conferencias del Instituto ‘Lucas Mallada’ 9 267/2 Some other stratigraphic units (for example, the Messinian) of a rather doubtful significance will be abandoned as a useless one in tertiary correlations.

1965 Nature 25 Sept. 1351/1 The distinction between the planktonic foraminiferal zones which are believed to permit the determination of the boundary between the Middle Miocene (Tortonian) and ‘Upper Miocene’ (Late Miocene, Messinian).

1995 Marine Geol. 123 168/2 The sea level fluctuated several hundred meters during the Messinian, resulting in a short period of sub-aerial erosion.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating the Messinian.

ΚΠ

1972 Nature 4 Feb. 253/3 Alvarez deduces from these features that rotation must have ended soon enough to give the evaporites time to be deposited during at least a part of the Messinian period (7–5 million years ago).

1977 Nature 2 June 399/1 That the Mediterranean Evaporite is Messinian (Late Miocene) in age seemed to be just about the only consensus after the Leg 13 drilling.

1992 Cambr. Encycl. Human Evol. (1994) v. ii. 178/1 Atlantic waters no longer flowed into the Mediterranean Sea, which progressively dried up to become a series of giant salt lakes—the so-called Messinian salinity crisis.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	messinian
释义	Messiniann.adj. Brit. /mɛˈsɪnɪən/, /məˈsɪnɪən/, U.S. /məˈsɪniən/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French Messinien. Etymology: < French Messinien (C. Mayer 1868, reported in Bull. Soc. Géol. de France (1877) 5 292), perhaps < the name of Messina (see Messinese n. and adj.) or the neighbouring Strait of Messina + -ien -ian suffix. Geology. A. n. The most recent age of the Miocene epoch, from about 6.7 to 5.2 million years ago; the stratigraphic stage corresponding to this. Usually with the. ΚΠ 1885 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 2) iv. iv. 882 In the Liguria region, according to C. Mayer, the Pliocene series consists of the following groups in ascending order: 1, Messinian (= Zanclean of Seguenza) [etc.]. 1964 Cursillos y Conferencias del Instituto ‘Lucas Mallada’ 9 267/2 Some other stratigraphic units (for example, the Messinian) of a rather doubtful significance will be abandoned as a useless one in tertiary correlations. 1965 Nature 25 Sept. 1351/1 The distinction between the planktonic foraminiferal zones which are believed to permit the determination of the boundary between the Middle Miocene (Tortonian) and ‘Upper Miocene’ (Late Miocene, Messinian). 1995 Marine Geol. 123 168/2 The sea level fluctuated several hundred meters during the Messinian, resulting in a short period of sub-aerial erosion. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating the Messinian. ΚΠ 1972 Nature 4 Feb. 253/3 Alvarez deduces from these features that rotation must have ended soon enough to give the evaporites time to be deposited during at least a part of the Messinian period (7–5 million years ago). 1977 Nature 2 June 399/1 That the Mediterranean Evaporite is Messinian (Late Miocene) in age seemed to be just about the only consensus after the Leg 13 drilling. 1992 Cambr. Encycl. Human Evol. (1994) v. ii. 178/1 Atlantic waters no longer flowed into the Mediterranean Sea, which progressively dried up to become a series of giant salt lakes—the so-called Messinian salinity crisis. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1885
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