microcontinent
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editmicrocontinent (plural microcontinents)
- (geography) a fragment of continental crust that has cleaved off its parent tectonic plate.
- 2013, Biogeography of the terrestrial and freshwater biota of the Seychelles islands, page 30:
- Seychelles can first be considered to have existed 62 mya when the Seychelles microcontinent split from India as a result of intense activity in the Carlsberg ridge which started 64 mya […]