Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cretaceous-tertiary boundary

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English

Syllables: cre-ta-ceous-ter-tiary bound-ary
IPA

39

Scrabble Score

26

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

a thin layer of geologic deposits, of varying thickness in different parts of the world, found between the geological strata identified as Cretaceous and the strata above, identified as Tertiary; also, the time point or period marking the boundary between the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods.

Questions

What does cretaceous-tertiary boundary mean?: a thin layer of geologic deposits, of varying thickness in different parts of the world, found between the geological strata identified as Cretaceous and the strata above, identified as Tertiary; also, the time point or period marking the boundary between the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods.

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