Nevadaplano

发音

US /nəˌvædəˈplænoʊ/

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    A high-elevation orogenic plateau that once existed during the Tertiary period in what is modern North America’s Great Basin, analogous to today’s high-elevation South American altiplano.

    地质

词源

Blend of Nevada + altiplano. Coined by American geoscientist Peter G. DeCelles in a 2004 paper in the American Journal of Science.

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