paleotemperature

English

Alternative forms

• palaeotemperature

Etymology

From paleo- +‎ temperature.

Noun

paleotemperature (plural paleotemperatures)

1. (geology) The temperature at a location in the geologic past
   • 1999, S.N. Thomson et al., “Miocene high-pressure metamorphic rocks of Crete, Greece”, in Uwe Ring, editor, Exhumation Processes‎^[1], →ISBN, page 95:

     It is thus possible to use the position of the data on the profile to estimate the palaeotemperature of each sample at 40 Ma.

Related terms

• paleoclimate