subaerial
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- subaerially adverb
Etymology
Origin of subaerial
Example Sentences
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“This is another really great piece of evidence that we had some subaerial land on the early Earth.”
From Science Magazine • Apr. 30, 2024
The two main types of textures created during effusive subaerial eruptions are pahoehoe and aa.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
He entirely agreed with the doctrine of the subaerial degradation of the land and the erosion of valleys by running water.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
It is fair, therefore, 416 to infer that the volcanic nucleus of the mountain, partly perhaps of submarine, and partly of subaerial origin, participated in this movement, and was carried up bodily.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
Playfair, on amount of subaerial denudation. — on faults.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
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