paleodesert

English

Etymology

From paleo- +‎ desert.

Noun

paleodesert (plural paleodeserts)

1. A prehistoric desert.
   • 1985, Peter Laznicka, Empirical metallogeny: depositional environments, lithologic associations and metallic ores:

     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.