miogeocline
English
Etymology
Coined in 1966 by Dietz and Holden from the miogeosyncline concept of the outdated geosynclinal theory.
Noun
miogeocline (plural miogeoclines)
- An area of sedimentation that occurs along the passive margin of a continent.
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