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词汇 Cromerian
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Definition of Cromerian in English:

Cromerian

adjective krəʊˈmɪərɪən
Geology
  • 1Relating to or denoting an interglacial period in the Middle Pleistocene of Britain and northern Europe, preceding the Elster (Anglian) glaciation.

    〔地质〕(与)克罗默尔间冰期(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In 1969 blasting at a Somerset quarry exposed a massive cave, filled with well-preserved faunal remains and flint artefacts attributed to the Cromerian interglacial of the Middle Pleistocene.
    • The length of this Middle Pleistocene stage is still unclear, but the sediments indicate that the Cromerian period was characterised by flucutuations between cold and temperate climates.
    • We were looking at deposits of lower and middle Pleistocene age here; the Lowestoft Till of the Anglian glaciation resting as fallen blocks on the dark, organic layer of the Cromerian interglacial fresh water bed.
    • The site in which it was collected is the type site for the Cromerian interglacial period and is a prehistoric river bed that existed over 500,000 years ago in north Norfolk, England.
    • Preceding and separating the cold glacial periods were three main interglacials (Cromerian, Hoxnian, and Ipswichian) when the climate was rather warmer.
    1. 1.1as noun the Cromerian The Cromerian interglacial period or the system of fossil-rich deposits laid down during it.
      克罗默尔间冰期;克罗默尔系

Origin

Early 20th century: from Cromer, in Norfolk, site of an outcrop of fossil-rich deposits from this period, + -ian.

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