paleoelevation

noun

noun

Etymology From paleo- + elevation.

Geography, Geology, Natural sciences Elevation (of land) that occurred in the geological past.

In the Basin and Range province paleoelevations were calculated for two Late Eocene floras in northeastern Nevada (Povey et al., 1994).1999, Alan Graham, Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic History of North American Vegetation:

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