Allocycle

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.NounA cycle in rock formation whose major forces come from outside the formation via tectonics, volcanism, climate change, or other outside forces, as contrasted with being contained within the formation.

Synonyms

cyclostratigraphy alluvial onlap megasequence cratonic sequence lithogenesy diagenesis lopingian archive telogenesis eogenesis lagerstätte

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