Definition of Phanerozoic in English:
Phanerozoic
adjective ˌfan(ə)rə(ʊ)ˈzəʊɪkˌfænərəˈzoʊɪk
Geology 1Relating to or denoting the aeon covering the whole of time since the beginning of the Cambrian period, and comprising the Palaeozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
〔地质〕显生宙的。比较CRYPTOZOIC
Compare with Cryptozoic
Example sentencesExamples
- So far, about 17 macrofossil - rich hydrocarbon seep systems have been recognised in the Phanerozoic strata of Jurassic to Pliocene age.
- There seems to be no evidence of low palaeolatitude glaciation in the three Phanerozoic glacial episodes.
- Non-symbiotic corals have been an important constituent of reefs since at least the beginning of the Phanerozoic eon.
- The Indian plate rocks include late Archaean, Proterozoic and Phanerozoic continental margin sequences.
- Beneath the Møre Basin, developed on a Phanerozoic domain, the lithospheric thickness is 125 km, decreasing to values of 80-60 km beneath the Cenozoic rifted domain.
- 1.1as noun the Phanerozoic The Phanerozoic aeon or the system of rocks deposited during it.
显生宙时期；显生宙岩石系
The Phanerozoic began about 570 million years ago, and covers the period in which rocks contain evidence of abundant life in the form of obvious mineralized fossils
Origin
Late 19th century: from Greek phaneros 'visible, evident' + zōion 'animal' + -ic.
Definition of Phanerozoic in US English:
Phanerozoic
adjectiveˌfanərəˈzōikˌfænərəˈzoʊɪk
Geology 1Relating to or denoting the eon covering the whole of time since the beginning of the Cambrian period, and comprising the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
〔地质〕显生宙的。比较CRYPTOZOIC
The Phanerozoic began about 570 million years ago and covers the period in which rocks contain evidence of abundant life in the form of macroscopic mineralized fossils
Compare with Cryptozoic
Example sentencesExamples
- So far, about 17 macrofossil - rich hydrocarbon seep systems have been recognised in the Phanerozoic strata of Jurassic to Pliocene age.
- Beneath the Møre Basin, developed on a Phanerozoic domain, the lithospheric thickness is 125 km, decreasing to values of 80-60 km beneath the Cenozoic rifted domain.
- Non-symbiotic corals have been an important constituent of reefs since at least the beginning of the Phanerozoic eon.
- There seems to be no evidence of low palaeolatitude glaciation in the three Phanerozoic glacial episodes.
- The Indian plate rocks include late Archaean, Proterozoic and Phanerozoic continental margin sequences.
- 1.1as noun the Phanerozoic The Phanerozic eon or the system of rocks deposited during it.
显生宙时期；显生宙岩石系
Origin
Late 19th century: from Greek phaneros ‘visible, evident’ + zōion ‘animal’ + -ic.