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epicontinental
[ ep-i-kon-tn-en-tl ]
adjective
- found or located in or on a continent:
epicontinental minerals; an epicontinental sea.
epicontinental
/ ˌɛpɪˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl /
adjective
- (esp of a sea) situated on a continental shelf or continent
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Word History and Origins
Origin of epicontinental1
First recorded in 1900–05; epi- + continental
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Example Sentences
They were epicontinental seas; that is, they rested upon (Greek, epi) the submerged portion of the continental plateau.
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We can hardly account for this except by a shallow-water connection between the two ancient epicontinental seas.
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The epicontinental sea was shoaled and narrowed, and muds were washed in from the adjacent lands.
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The known deposits all point to shallow waters of epicontinental seas; no abyssal formations have been recognized.
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