post-Tertiary
- a word derived from tertiary.
Example Sentences
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The soil was extremely fertile, but as usual covered with stones, the debris of decayed limestone of the post-tertiary period, such as is found throughout the Messaria.
From Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
As far as is known, it is a recent development, for no very similar remains appear previous to post-tertiary deposits.
From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various
Geologically it is of secondary formation, while Chaldaea proper is tertiary or post-tertiary.
Lastly, the post-tertiary deposits, such, at least, as are of marine origin, are most commonly restricted to much more moderate elevations above the sea-level than the tertiary strata.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
The age immediately preceding the glacial, and consequently the post-tertiary, is known as the pliocene epoch, the last of the tertiary.
From A Manual of the Antiquity of Man by MacLean, J. P. (John Patterson)
