palaeoceanographypaleoceanographyn.
/ˌpalɪˌəʊʃəˈnɒɡrəfi/, /ˌpeɪlɪˌəʊʃəˈnɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˈˌpeɪliˌoʊʃəˈnɑɡrəfi/; see also palaeo- comb. form. The conditions and processes occurring in oceans in the past; the branch of science that deals with these.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > earth sciences > hydrography > [noun] > oceanography > branches
tidology1834
palaeoceanography1933
1933 W. J. Arkell Jurassic Syst. Great Brit. xviii. 557 To do justice to the palæogeography of the Jurassic period..we should have to proceed systematically from the points of view of..palaeohydrography, palaeoceanography, palaeobiogeography, palaeoclimatology,..and many others.
1957 Mem. Geol. Soc. Amer. 67 ii. xxiv. 684 (heading) Future of the study of paleo-oceanography.
1999 M. A. Levine et al. Archaeol. Northeast (2000) Pref. p. xviii Archaeologists seeking accurate temporal assessments of coastal sites must..command information not only from physics and statistics, but paleoceanography as well.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1933- knife-cut
- knife-dagger
- knife-eater
- knife-edge
- knife-edge ridge
- knife-edged
- knife-fancier
- knife-feat
- knife-featured
- knife-file
- knife-fish
- knife-girdle
- know-all-about-it
- know-everythingism
- know-how
- know-it-all
- know-little
- know-not-what
- know-nothing
- know-nothingism
- know-nothingness
- know-worth
- knowability
- knowable
- knowableness