单词 | paralic |
释义 | paralicadj. Geology. Formed in, occurring in, or inhabiting shallow water near the sea. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > deposited by water, ice, or wind > [adjective] > by water or ice Neptunian1774 aqueous1802 diluvial1816 neptunean1843 neptunic1851 torrential1861 fluviolacustrine1864 hydrogenous1889 aqueo-glacial1892 fluvio-glacial1894 solution1894 paralic1914 1914 H. Ries Econ. Geol. (ed. 4) i. 13 A distinction is, however, sometimes made between (1) limnetic coals..; and (2) paralic coals, or those derived from plant remains which collected in marshes near the sea border. 1940 A. C. Noé tr. O. Stutzer Geol. Coal vi. 159 In the interior of a country—for instance, on the northern edge of the Alps—are found limnic moors, while the paralic moors are situated on the coast, as in Friesland. 1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 154 The seams formed from peats in coastal-swamp environments (paralic coals) are characteristically relatively thin after compaction. 1995 Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists 79 1421/1 The synrift megasequence began with deposition in a continental environment that became paralic and shallow marine in the Early Cretaceous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1914 |
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