miogeocline

English

Etymology

Coined in 1966 by Dietz and Holden from the miogeosyncline concept of the outdated geosynclinal theory.

Noun

miogeocline (plural miogeoclines)

  1. An area of sedimentation that occurs along the passive margin of a continent.
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