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- adjective Describing the part of a
sea that lies over acontinental shelf
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Examples
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By later today, we'll have turned west, will pass by Lake Manyara, epeiric Lake Eyasi, will be out on the fabled Serengeti.
New Race Joe Sullivan 2010
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Abstract: Repeated sequences of carbonate and shale are punctuated by condensed sections of phosphatic conglomerate in the epeiric deposits of the Trans-Saharan Seaway in northeastern Mali.
Archive 2008-03-01 ReBecca Foster 2008
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Abstract: Repeated sequences of carbonate and shale are punctuated by condensed sections of phosphatic conglomerate in the epeiric deposits of the Trans-Saharan Seaway in northeastern Mali.
Two new Taphonomy papers ReBecca Foster 2008
vanishedone commented on the word epeiric
Strange Maps: 'Word of the day: epeiric. That term describes shallow, salty seas covering part of a continental shelf. Examples include the Sundance, Zechstein and Turgai Seas – all excellently named, but alas all dried up. Epeiric seas still around today include the Hudson Bay and the Persian Gulf. And the North Sea...'
July 3, 2008
yarb commented on the word epeiric
Outdrawn!
July 3, 2008
reesetee commented on the word epeiric
Great site, VO.
July 3, 2008
qms commented on the word epeiric
Emissions have made the earth’s sky sick
And soiled all the waters epeiric.
We should get on board
The Paris Accord
Then learn the new rules and comply quick.
October 22, 2018