- eustacy
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eustacy — ˈyüstəsē noun ( es) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary eu + stacy (irregular from Greek stasis condition of standing still) more at stasis : worldwide change of sea level as contrasted with local diastrophic uplift or subsidence of… … Useful english dictionary
Cretaceous Period — Interval of geologic time from с 144 to 65 million years ago. During the Cretaceous the climate was warmer than today. In the seas, marine invertebrates flourished, and bony fishes evolved. On land, flowering plants arose, and insects, bees in… … Universalium
Emergent coastline — Emergent coastlines are stretches along the coast that have been exposed by the sea due to a relative fall in sea levels. This occurs due to either isostacy or eustacy.Emergent coastline are the opposite of submergent coastlines which have… … Wikipedia
Submergent coastline — Submergent coastlines are stretches along the coast that have been inundated by the sea due to a relative rise in sea levels. This occurs due to either isostacy or eustacy.Submergent coastline are the opposite of emergent coastlines which have… … Wikipedia
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Paratethys — The Paratethys ocean, Paratethys sea or just Paratethys was a large shallow sea that stretched from the region north of the Alps over Central Europe to the Aral sea in western Asia. The sea was formed during the Oligocene epoch (after 34 million… … Wikipedia
Paratetis — Paleogeografía de la región mediterránea durante el Oligoceno. Paratetis se va cerrando (en el sur de Europa) y es sustituido por el mar Mediterráneo (al norte de África). Paratetis fue un mar que se extendía al sur de Europa desde la región… … Wikipedia Español
eustasy — eustatic /yooh stat ik/, adj. eustatically, adv. /yooh steuh see/, n., pl. eustasies. Geol. any uniformly global change of sea level that may reflect a change in the quantity of water in the ocean, or a change in the shape and capacity of the… … Universalium
Walter C. Pitman — III (* 21. Oktober 1931 in Newark, New Jersey) ist ein US amerikanischer Geophysiker. Pitman studierte Elektrotechnik an der Lehigh University (Bachelor Abschluss 1956). Danach arbeitete er für die Hazeltine Corporation und ab 1960 als Techniker… … Deutsch Wikipedia
