paleopole

noun

paleopole

noun

Etymology From paleo- + pole.

1

The current position that the north pole or south pole would have had in the geologic past.

  • The most serious problem involves the large age uncertainties associated with most Precambrian paleopoles.2007, David Gubbins, Encyclopedia of Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism, page 839:

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