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Meaning of "epicontinental" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EPICONTINENTAL

epicontinental  [ˌɛpɪˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EPICONTINENTAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Epicontinental is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EPICONTINENTAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

epicontinental

Inland sea (geology)

An inland sea is a shallow sea that covers central areas of continents during periods of high sea level that result in marine transgressions. In modern times, continents stand high, eustatic sea levels are low, and there are few inland seas, none larger than the Caspian Sea. Modern examples might also include the recently reflooded Persian Gulf, and the South China Sea that presently covers the Sunda Shelf.

Definition of epicontinental in the English dictionary

The definition of epicontinental in the dictionary is situated on a continental shelf or continent.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EPICONTINENTAL


accidental
ˌæksɪˈdɛntəl
componental
ˌkɒmpəʊˈnɛntəl
Continental
ˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl
dental
ˈdɛntəl
documental
ˌdɒkjʊˈmɛntəl
experimental
ɪkˌspɛrɪˈmɛntəl
fundamental
ˌfʌndəˈmɛntəl
gentle
ˈdʒɛntəl
governmental
ˌɡʌvənˈmɛntəl
incremental
ˌɪnkrɪˈmɛntəl
instrumental
ˌɪnstrəˈmɛntəl
intercontinental
ˌɪntəˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl
mental
ˈmɛntəl
occidental
ˌɒksɪˈdɛntəl
oriental
ˌɔːrɪˈɛntəl
ornamental
ˌɔːnəˈmɛntəl
parental
pəˈrɛntəl
rental
ˈrɛntəl
subcontinental
ˌsʌbkɒntɪˈnɛntəl
transcontinental
ˌtrænzkɒntɪˈnɛntəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EPICONTINENTAL

epicentre
epicheirema
epichlorohydrin
epicier
epicism
epicist
epicleses
epiclesis
epicondyle
epicondylitis
epicotyl
epicranium
epicrisis
epicritic
Epictetus
epicure
epicurean
epicureanism
epicurism
epicurize

WORDS THAT END LIKE EPICONTINENTAL

car rental
coincidental
departmental
detrimental
developmental
elemental
environmental
horizontal
incidental
intergovernmental
judgmental
monumental
placental
regimental
rudimental
segmental
sentimental
temperamental
thiopental
transcendental
video rental

Synonyms and antonyms of epicontinental in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «epicontinental» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EPICONTINENTAL

Find out the translation of epicontinental to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of epicontinental from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «epicontinental» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

陆缘
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

epicontinentales
570 millions of speakers

English

epicontinental
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

epicontinental
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

epicontinental
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

эпиконтинентального
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

epicontinental
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

epicontinental
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

épicontinental
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Epicontinental
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

epikontinentalen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

epicontinental
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

epicontinental
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Epicontinental
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

epicontinental
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

epicontinental
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Epicontinental
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

epikontinental
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

epicontinental
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

epikontynentalnego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

епіконтинентального
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

epicontinental
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

-ηπειρωτική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

epicontinental
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

epicontinental
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

epicontinental
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of epicontinental

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EPICONTINENTAL»

The term «epicontinental» is normally little used and occupies the 138.668 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EPICONTINENTAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about epicontinental

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EPICONTINENTAL»

Discover the use of epicontinental in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to epicontinental and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Quantitative Geology of Late Jurassic Epicontinental ...
The glauconitic, lower Baden Member in Canton Aargau was sedimented in the epicontinental, RhodanoSwabian Basin at a water depth which is estimated to have been somewhat more than 50 m (Figs. 1.5 and 4.9). The best outcrop of the  ...
Reinhart A. Gygi, 2012
2
Basin Analysis, Global Sedimentary Geology and ...
Because the epicontinental sea transgression is abrupt, high-frequency sea level changes are also outstanding characteristics of the epicontinental sea. In the process of the third order sea level changes, the maximum-flooding events result in ...
Baojun Liu, Li Sitian, 1997
3
A North American Epicontinental Sea of Jurassic Age
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
William Newton Logan, 2010
4
Sedimentary Basins: Evolution, Facies, and Sediment Budget
1.2): - Epeiric or epicontinental seas which develop on continental crust and are bordered on several sides by land areas. - Marginal or pericontinental seas (shelf seas) located on top of transitional crust along the boundary between ...
Gerhard Einsele, 2000
5
Microfacies of Carbonate Rocks: Analysis, Interpretation and ...
Shallow seas occur above the continental shelf and include marginal-marine and marine environments, both in pericontinental and epicontinental settings. Deep- marine sea bottom environments are located on the slope, at the toe-of- slope ...
Erik Flügel, 2004
6
Meeresbotanik:
Faunal migrations along the epicontinental seaways (see below) connecting the Tethyan and high-latitude regions are well documented (Casey and Rawson 1974). Some ammonites and belemnites originated in the Tethys Sea and evolved ...
Klaus Lüning, Charles Yarish, Hugh Kirkman, 1990
7
The Exclusive Economic Zone: A Study of the Evolution and ...
1944, 54 declared that "[t]he Argentine epicontinental sea and continental shelf are subject to the sovereign power of the nation" (Article 1). Article 2 further stated that : "For purposes of free navigation, the character of the waters situated in the ...
Winston Conrad Extavour, 1979
8
Mass Extinction
Prior to the glaciation, shallow epicontinental seas (approximately 70 meters deep) covered much of North America (Foerste 1924). These epicontinental seaways represented the habitat for the North American brachiopod fauna. During the ...
Ashraf M.T. Elewa, 2007
9
Global Tectonic Zones Supercontinent Formation and Disposal: ...
Kpicontineiital Activated Helt of Eastern China The term epicontinental activated belt was coined in l980 [34). It is to stressed that an epicontinental activated belt is different from an active continental margin. The active margin is a zone under ...
Xiao Xuchang, Hefu Liu, 1997
10
Evolution of the Cretaceous Ocean-climate System
In either case, there were 180-depleted meteoric waters draining either into the northern epicontinental seaway, or to an incipient ocean basin west of the present exposure. Impact oflow-l80 Otway and Strzelecki meteoric waters on the interior ...
Enriqueta Barrera, Claudia C. Johnson, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EPICONTINENTAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term epicontinental is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hill Annex Mine has treasures to share — for now
During that period, when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth, the Mesabi Iron Range was thought to be on the edge of the Epicontinental Seaway ... «Duluth News Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Minn. mine has treasures to share - for now
During that period, when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth, the Mesabi Iron Range was thought to be on the edge of the Epicontinental Seaway ... «INFORUM, Jul 15»
3
Hill Annex Mine has treasures to share with fossil-seekers and …
During that period, when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth, the Mesabi Iron Range was thought to be on the edge of the Epicontinental Seaway ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jun 15»
4
Researchers narrow birth estimate for the Takliman Desert
This sea was connected to an epicontinental marine seaway called the Paratethys, which receded around 41 million years ago. Regional ... «Phys.Org, Jun 15»
5
The Growth of Earth's Supercontinent Spurred Complex Life
We analyzed five different basins from different settings throughout the margins of supercontinent Rodinia, and its epicontinental seas.”. «Bioscience Technology, Jun 15»
6
Cincy Science: That sinking feeling about sinkholes and why they …
It's when there was a shallow epicontinental sea. If you think about seas and very shallow deposits near shore, you get organic deposits that ... «WCPO, Mar 14»
7
China Gold International Announces Completion and Positive …
Stratigraphy outcropping in the Project area is dominated by passive epicontinental clastic-carbonate rocks. Three types of copper-polymetallic ... «PR Newswire, Jan 14»
8
Cambrian Explosion: an Evolutionary Puzzle Pieced Together
The pair used geochemical data to establish that ancient marine sediments caused expansion of “shallow epicontinental seas.” The sea level ... «Guardian Express, Sep 13»
9
Paleontologists Identify New Species of Prehistoric Shark
“They must have lived in an epicontinental sea – an extensive but shallow salt water mass, and it is therefore possible that this area was used ... «Sci-News.com, Jun 13»
10
400-Million-Year-Old 'Spiny Shark' Fossil Found
They were probably from fish that lived in a large but shallow saltwater body of water known as an epicontinental sea, the researchers say, ... «LiveScience.com, Jun 13»

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