Meanings
nounCanfield ocean (plural Canfield oceans)
plural Canfield oceans
- geographyA hypothesized type of ocean of the middle to late Proterozoic, originally euxinic, after which banded iron formations were deposited.
Origin
The model was proposed by geochemist Donald Canfield.
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