paleogeophysics

[pey-lee-oh-jee-oh-fiz-iks; especially Brit. pal-ee-]

pa·le·o·ge·o·phys·ics

[pey-lee-oh-jee-oh-fiz-iks; especially Brit. pal-ee-]
noun
1.
(used with a plural verb) inferred geophysical conditions or processes of designated periods of the geologic past.
2.
(used with a singular verb) the study of these conditions.

Origin:
1955–60; paleo- + geophysics

pa·le·o·ge·o·phys·i·cal, adjective
pa·le·o·ge·o·phys·i·cal·ly, adverb
pa·le·o·ge·o·phys·i·cist, noun
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