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词汇 subaerial
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Definition of subaerial in English:

subaerial

adjective sʌbˈɛːrɪəlˌsəbˈɛriəl
Geology
  • Existing, occurring, or formed in the open air or on the earth's surface, not under water or underground.

    〔地质〕地面上的,陆上的;地面上发生的;天空下的

    subaerial erosion
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The presence of locally interbedded airfall tuffs implies subaerial (or at least shallow-water) eruption.
    • This scenario requires that a narrow zone of marine shale deposition should occur while the rest of the basin was undergoing subaerial erosion.
    • The general planar topography of the top-truncation surface of the Sahtan Group suggests that erosion mainly involved subaerial dissolution, in association with a gentle uplift of the carbonate platform edge.
    • Tectonic denudation and subaerial erosion thinned and locally eliminated the hanging-wall blocks, whose detritus was incorporated into the Tectono-Sedimentary Unit basin.
    • The first cycle initiated in the early Paleocene and represents a transition from Cretaceous marine turbidites and shales to subaerial fluvial sandstones and conglomerates.

Derivatives

  • subaerially

  • adverb
    Geology
    • The volcanic pile built up above sea level so that lavas began to be erupted subaerially.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is thus apparent that the upper oolitic shoals were temporarily subaerially exposed, receiving meteoric water and probably allowing the formation of a lens of fresh water in the subsurface.
      • Some external black glass is noted where the tubes may have been exposed subaerially during formation, but no exogenic specimens were noted.
      • The long time during which the continental interiors had been subaerially weathered and lowered by erosion was succeeded by one of progressive flooding and coverage by shallow seas.
      • The Mikis Formation consists of 380-500 m of compound lava flows, typically pahoehoe-type with ropy surfaces and oxidized flow tops, indicating that they were erupted subaerially.

Definition of subaerial in US English:

subaerial

adjectiveˌsəbˈerēəlˌsəbˈɛriəl
Geology
  • Existing, occurring, or formed in the open air or on the earth's surface, not underwater or underground.

    〔地质〕地面上的,陆上的;地面上发生的;天空下的

    subaerial erosion
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The presence of locally interbedded airfall tuffs implies subaerial (or at least shallow-water) eruption.
    • The first cycle initiated in the early Paleocene and represents a transition from Cretaceous marine turbidites and shales to subaerial fluvial sandstones and conglomerates.
    • The general planar topography of the top-truncation surface of the Sahtan Group suggests that erosion mainly involved subaerial dissolution, in association with a gentle uplift of the carbonate platform edge.
    • Tectonic denudation and subaerial erosion thinned and locally eliminated the hanging-wall blocks, whose detritus was incorporated into the Tectono-Sedimentary Unit basin.
    • This scenario requires that a narrow zone of marine shale deposition should occur while the rest of the basin was undergoing subaerial erosion.
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