epeiro-, epeir-, epiro-, epir- +
(Greek: land; mainland; continent)
epeiric
Extending inland from a continental margin; such as, an epeiric sea.
epeiric sea
A shallow sea covering part of a continental landmass, typically less that 200 meters in depth.
epeirogenesis
1. The formation of continents, ocean basins and plateaus via movements of the earth’s crust.
2. The deforming of the earth’s crust, producing continents, ocean basins, and great plateaus.
epeirogenic, epeirogenetic, epeirogenically
1. A reference to the deformation of the earth's crust by which the broader features of relief are produced.
2. Having to do with the uplift or depression of the earth's crust, affecting large areas of land or ocean bottom.
epeirogeny, epirogeny; epeirogenies
1. An uplift or depression of the earth's crust, affecting large areas of land or ocean bottom.
2. The deformation of the earth's crust by which continents and ocean basins are produced.
Basins and plateaus are often formed as the result of epeirogeny.
Epeirogeny differs from orogeny in that it affects larger regions of the earth's crust and is not as frequently associated with the folding and the faulting of rocks.
Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "land, ground, fields, soil, dirt, mud, clay, earth (world)":
agra-;
agrest-;
agri-;
agro-;
argill-;
choro-;
chthon-;
geo-;
glob-;
lut-;
myso-;
pedo-;
pel-;
rhyp-;
soil-;
sord-;
terr-.
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