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单词 microcontinent
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Definition of microcontinent in English:

microcontinent

noun ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˌkɒntɪnəntˈmīkrōˌkäntənənt
Geology
  • An isolated fragment of continental crust forming part of a small crust plate.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Determining the significance of the long-term subduction-related tectonic processes as opposed to collisions by small microcontinents for the magmatic and tectonic evolution of SE Asia remains ambiguous.
    • Subduction must therefore have taken place beneath a microcontinent or an island-arc that later collided with Baltica to produce the early Caledonian Finnmarkian orogeny.
    • The Menderes Massif is part of the Menderes-Tauride Block, a post-Permian microcontinent, which is allochthonous with respect to both Eurasia and Gondwana.
    • Notably, the Urals developed by accretion of island arcs and microcontinents.
    • The collision of North America with the Avalon microcontinent during the Devonian Period caused the Acadian orogeny.
 
 

Definition of microcontinent in US English:

microcontinent

nounˈmīkrōˌkäntənənt
Geology
  • An isolated fragment of continental crust forming part of a small crust plate.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Determining the significance of the long-term subduction-related tectonic processes as opposed to collisions by small microcontinents for the magmatic and tectonic evolution of SE Asia remains ambiguous.
    • Subduction must therefore have taken place beneath a microcontinent or an island-arc that later collided with Baltica to produce the early Caledonian Finnmarkian orogeny.
    • Notably, the Urals developed by accretion of island arcs and microcontinents.
    • The Menderes Massif is part of the Menderes-Tauride Block, a post-Permian microcontinent, which is allochthonous with respect to both Eurasia and Gondwana.
    • The collision of North America with the Avalon microcontinent during the Devonian Period caused the Acadian orogeny.
 
 
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