- epicontinental sea
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English-Chinese geology dictionary (英汉地质大词典). 2013.
epicontinental sea
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epicontinental — /ep i kon tn en tl/, adj. found or located in or on a continent: epicontinental minerals; an epicontinental sea. [1900 05; EPI + CONTINENTAL] * * * … Universalium
epicontinental — adjective denoting those areas of sea or ocean overlying the continental shelf … English new terms dictionary
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Turgai Sea — The Turgai (or Turgay) Sea or Turgai Strait, also known as the West Siberian Sea, was a large shallow body of salt water (an epicontinental or epeiric sea) of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic Eras. It extended north of the present day Caspian Sea to the … Wikipedia
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