PALAEOGEOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does palaeogeology mean? 

• PALAEOGEOLOGY (noun)
  The noun PALAEOGEOLOGY has 1 sense:

1. the study of geologic features once at the surface of the earth but now buried beneath rocks

  Familiarity information: PALAEOGEOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALAEOGEOLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The study of geologic features once at the surface of the earth but now buried beneath rocks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

palaeogeology; paleogeology

Hypernyms ("palaeogeology" is a kind of...):

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)