paleoatmosphere
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From paleo- + atmosphere.
Noun
paleoatmosphere (plural paleoatmospheres)
- An atmosphere, particularly that of Earth, at some unspecified time in the geological past.
- 2013, Robert J. Delmas, Ice Core Studies of Global Biogeochemical Cycles, page 384:
- Of the various paleorecords available to science, ice cores from polar and high altitude ice sheets provide the most direct and highest resolution view of paleoatmospheres.
Derived terms
Translations
atmosphere in the geological past
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