Definition of neritic in English:
neritic
adjective nɪˈrɪtɪknəˈridik
Geology Biology Relating to or denoting the shallow part of the sea near a coast and overlying the continental shelf.
Example sentencesExamples
- However, this ichthyofauna is characterized mostly by the co-occurrence of oceanic and neritic fish.
- It is on the continental shelves where shelf, epeiric, neritic, or epicontinental sediments are deposited.
- Permian shelf-type successions there pass into Triassic sandstones and shales with detached Permian limestone blocks, overlain by Upper Triassic neritic carbonates.
- These observations point to a complex succession of events all controlling the different carbonate producers, both neritic and pelagic.
- The neritic zone is the first 200 meters of ocean water, which includes the seashore and most of the continental shelf.
Origin
Late 19th century: from nerite + -ic.