paleodesert

English

Etymology

paleo- +‎ desert

Noun

paleodesert (plural paleodeserts)

  1. A prehistoric desert.
    • 1985, Peter Laznicka, Empirical metallogeny: depositional environments, lithologic associations and metallic ores:
      Although both the facies mentioned above may have formed in paleodeserts, the metallic minerals and the petroleum were introduced subsequently, after burial and during diagenesis.
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