palaeophysiographypaleophysiographyn.
/ˌpalɪəʊˌfɪzɪˈɒɡrəfi/, /ˌpeɪlɪəʊˌfɪzɪˈɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˈˌpeɪlioʊˌfɪziˈɑɡrəfi/ Geology.
The physical and topographical features of the earth's surface at some time in the past; the branch of science that deals with these.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > [noun]
geology1795
structural geology1842
stratigraphy1850
petrology1870
palaeophysiography1882
tectonics1899
palaeogeology1933
palaeostructure1937
solid geology1937
morphotectonics1956
the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > [noun] > physical geography > topology or topography > palaeotopography or physiography
palaeophysiography1882
palaeotopography1943
1882 E. Hull Contrib. Physical Hist. Brit. Isles p. v I had intended giving the title of ‘Palæo-Physiography of the British Islands’ to this volume; but certain friends..assured me that no one would have the slightest conception from such a title of the contents of my book.
1905 A. W. Grabau in Science 27 Oct. 528/1 The physical characters and physical history of the rocks of the earth's crust—paleophysiography (if I may use a pet term, in spite of objections raised against it)—is fully one half of historical geology.
1915 C. Schuchert Text-bk. Geol. II. xx. 450 There is..another record that has so far been almost refused recognition in our time-tables. This is the time evaluation of topographic form at any given stage of development (the physiography of the present, the paleophysiography of the past).
1987 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 74 1501 Paleoenvironments are estimated as wet tropical..with a less diverse and insular paleophysiography accounting principally for differences between the early Miocene and modern life zones.
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > geographer > [noun] > physical geographer > palaeophysiographer
palaeophysiographer1898
1898 J. E. Marr Princ. Stratigr. Geol. x. 121 The palæo-physiographer..attempts to restore the physical conditions of greater thicknesses of deposit.
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > [adjective] > physical geography > topology or topography > palaeotopography
palaeophysiographical1898
palaeophysiographic1909
palaeotopographic1943
palaeotopographical1960
1898 J. E. Marr Princ. Stratigr. Geol. x. 122 The utmost that the maker of palæophysiographical maps can expect to indicate, when dealing with considerable thicknesses of strata, is an approximation to the mean position of the shore-lines of the period when these strata were deposited.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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