cyclothem
Meanings
noun
- A vertical stratigraphic sequence caused by repeated flooding by the sea
Word forms
Etymology
From cyclo- + Ancient Greek θέμα (théma, “a deposit”). Coined by American scientists Harold R. Wanless and J. Marvin Weller in 1932.
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