EUGEOSYNCLINE


Meaning of EUGEOSYNCLINE in English

— eugeosynclinal , adj.

/yooh jee'oh sing"kluyn, -sin"-/ , n. Geol.

a former marine zone, bordering an ocean basin, marked by very thick deposits of sediment in which the products of volcanic activity are associated with clastic sediments.

[ 1940-45; EU- + GEOSYNCLINE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .