paleodesert

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noun

A prehistoric desert.

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Meanings

nounpaleodesert (plural paleodeserts)

plural paleodeserts

  1. A prehistoric desert.

    Although both the facies mentioned above may have formed in paleodeserts, the metallic minerals and the petroleum were introduced subsequently, after burial and during diagenesis.

    1985, Peter Laznicka, Empirical metallogeny: depositional environments, lithologic associations and metallic ores

Origin

From paleo- + desert.

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

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

Chicago

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

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