Pliocene

n. 上新世, 上新世岩

发音

其它 /ˈplaɪəsiːn/

别名

Pleiocene

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 5.3 to 1.7 million years ago; marked by the appearance of humanity's first ancestors.

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name
  1. 1.

    The Pliocene epoch.

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相关短语

Pliocene Ridge

词源

From Ancient Greek πλείων (pleíōn, “more”) + καινός (kainós, “new”). Coined by English philosopher and historian of science William Whewell in 1831 for Charles Lyell, who introduced it in 1833 in his book Principles of Geology. By surface analysis, pleio- + -cene.

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