单词 | remanié |
释义 | remaniéadj. Geology and Palaeontology. Of a stratum (esp. a fossiliferous deposit), glacier, or other structure: consisting of or containing material from an older formation that has been redeposited. Of fossils: originating in a deposit older than that in which they are found. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > [adjective] > relative time remanié1860 subsequent1889 penecontemporaneous1901 syngenetic1905 juvenile1907 palimpsest1912 diachronous1926 palaeotectonic1947 1843 J. D. Forbes Trav. Alps of Savoy xiv. 262 The glacier remanié which results is soiled, and imperfectly consolidated, and still forms a partial bar to the river Dranse.] 1860 London, Edinb., & Dublin Philos. Mag. 4th Ser. 20 239 Molars of Elephas primigenius found in the same deposit are figured by Cuvier, who states that they had not been rolled, but had been deposited in an original and not a remanié deposit. 1870 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 26 72 In this ‘remanié’ deposit there appears to exist an assemblage of species peculiar to two distinct epochs. 1913 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1912 622 Excavation..in ‘rubble-drift’ material, mostly remanié stuff from the Boulder Clay which caps the hill above. 1957 J. K. Charlesworth Quaternary Era I. iv. 87 If the lateral glacier is steep it may fall on a trunk glacier as a remanié glacier. 1996 Quaternary Sci. Rev. (Quaternary Geochronol.) 15 691/1 Differences between fossil age and depositional event are unlikely to exceed the uncertainty in counting statistics for the measurement of residual radiocarbon. An exception, however, is the presence of remanié fossils in younger deposits. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1860 |
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