palaeoenvironmentalpaleoenvironmentaladj.
/ˌpalɪəʊᵻnˌvʌɪrə(n)ˈmɛntl/, /ˌpeɪlɪəʊᵻnˌvʌɪrə(n)ˈmɛntl/, U.S. /ˈˌpeɪlioʊənˌvaɪrə(n)ˈmɛn(t)l/, /ˈˌpeɪlioʊənˌvaɪ(ə)rnˈmɛn(t)l/; see also environmental adj. Of or relating to a palaeoenvironment.
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palaeoenvironmental1961
1961 Micropaleontology 7 366/1 Preliminary results of analyses of these data, in terms of biotic diversity, show interesting parallels with independent evidence concerning paleoenvironmental changes and floral evolution.
1976 Nature 20 May 223/1 These palaeoenvironmental similarities may be sufficient to explain the near identity of the two assemblages of microfossils.
1999 N. Lancaster in W. M. Adams et al. Physical Geogr. Afr. 211 The wealth of palaeoenvironmental evidence from the Sahara has been instrumental in understanding the response of low-latitude areas to changes of ice volume in polar regions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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