microcontinent
nounEtymology From micro- + continent.
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Geography, Natural sciences A fragment of continental crust that has cleaved off its parent tectonic plate.
- Seychelles can first be considered to have existed 62 mya when the Seychelles microcontinent split from India as a result of intense activity in the Carlsberg ridge which started 64 mya[…]2013, Biogeography of the terrestrial and freshwater biota of the Seychelles islands, page 30:
- Derived terms
- paleomicrocontinent
- Related terms
- subcontinent