paleotemperature

noun

paleotemperature

noun

Etymology From paleo- + temperature.

1

Geography, Geology, Natural sciences The temperature at a location in the geologic past

  • It is thus possible to use the position of the data on the profile to estimate the palaeotemperature of each sample at 40 Ma.1999, S.N. Thomson et al., “Miocene high-pressure metamorphic rocks of Crete, Greece”, in Uwe Ring, editor, Exhumation Processes, →ISBN, page 95:
Related terms
paleoclimate

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