cenozone
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A stratum containing a characteristic association of minerals and microfossils.
Example Sentences
- "Because of this I have proposed (Ruggieri, 1961) a lower cenozone for the Pleistocene characterized by the presence of A. islandica but by the absence of H. balthica."
- "Turner and West ( 1968 ) suggest that the phases of an interglacial period (cryocratic, protocratic , mesocratic , telocratic ) be considered as cenozones."
- "This cenozone is about 30 m thick (Subathu Section) and consists of greenish grey, calcareous splintery shales which may change to pale olive green shale facies in other sections."