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paleo- +‎ elevation

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paleoelevation (plural paleoelevations)

  1. (geology) Elevation (of land) that occurred in the geological past.
    • 1999, Alan Graham, Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic History of North American Vegetation:
      In the Basin and Range province paleoelevations were calculated for two Late Eocene floras in northeastern Nevada (Povey et al., 1994).