单词 | palaeotemperature |
释义 | palaeotemperaturepaleotemperaturen. Chiefly Geology. rare before mid 20th cent. (A measure of) the average climatic temperature of a place at some time in the past. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [noun] > prevailing weather or climate > in the geological past > average temperature in past palaeotemperature1854 1854 A. Boué in Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 56 9 We have got very few notions on palæometeorology and palæotemperature or thermics. 1948 Science 5 Nov. 492/1 This particular application of the chemical differences in the processes of isotopes occurred to me a year and a half ago, and since that time my colleagues and I have been trying to solve the several difficult problems encountered in making such measurements of paleotemperatures. 1984 J. J. Lowe & M. J. C. Walker Reconstructing Quaternary Environments iii. 127 Palaeotemperature data from cave speleothems should provide considerably better resolution in time than those obtained from ocean sediments. 1993 New Scientist 13 Feb. 30/2 A method commonly used for determining palaeotemperatures..involves analysing calcium carbonate in rocks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1854 |
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