aulacogen

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noun

A tectonic trough on a craton that is formed as the failed arm of a triple-rift junction.

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Meanings

nounaulacogen (plural aulacogens)

plural aulacogens

  1. geographyA tectonic trough on a craton that is formed as the failed arm of a triple-rift junction.

    The Barnett Shale originated as a normal marine shelf deposit on the southwestern fIank of the subsiding Southern Oklahoma aulacogen...

    1980, Robert L. Bates, Julia A. Jackson, editors, Glossary of Geology, Falls Church, Virginia: American Geological Institute

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
aulacogene

Translations

Polish aulakogen
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APA

aulacogen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aulacogen

MLA

“aulacogen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aulacogen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aulacogen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aulacogen.

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