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Definition of Neocomian

Neocomian
Neocomian Ne`o*co"mi*an, a. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the lower greensand.
Neocomian
Neocomian Ne`o*co"mi*an, n. [From Neocomium, the Latin name of Neuchatel, in Switzerland, where these rocks occur.] (Geol.) A term applied to the lowest deposits of the Cretaceous or chalk formation of Europe, being the lower greensand.

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- In geology, Neocomian was a name given to the lowest stage of the Cretaceous system. It is generally considered to encomp**** the interval now covered...
- The Neocomian Sands is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation in Atyrau, Kazakhstan. Dinosaur remains have been recovered from the formation. Embasaurus...
- discovered in the Upper Jur****ic 400 km south, in the Trekhozer Field. A Neocomian oil discovery followed in 1961, in the Middle Ob Region, followed by several...
- into five étages (stages): the Neocomian, Aptian, Albian, Turonian, and Senonian, later adding the Urgonian between Neocomian and Aptian and the Cenomanian...
- for his investigations of the Cretaceous terrain of the Jura, with the Neocomian strata being a specific subject of research. 1853. Ueber die Zusammensetzung...
- the ons**** part located near Rio de Janeiro. The basin originated in Neocomian stage of the Cretaceous period 145–130 million years ago during the breakup...
- were sites of extension on a trans-African shear zone beginning in the Neocomian.[citation needed] The basin is used in a joint development venture between...
- doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2005.01.003. Galton, Peter M. (2009). "Notes on Neocomian (Late Cretaceous) ornithopod dinosaurs from England - Hypsilophodon, Valdosaurus...
- in the Portland Group, Purbeckian-Waeldian sandstone, and Valanginian-Neocomian limestone and dolomite, followed by the Albian-Aptian marls and limestones...
- Indiana University Press, Bloomington. Galton, Peter M. (2009). "Notes on Neocomian (Late Cretaceous) ornithopod dinosaurs from England – Hypsilophodon, Valdosaurus...