paleoatmosphere

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From paleo- +‎ atmosphere.

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paleoatmosphere (plural paleoatmospheres)

  1. An atmosphere, particularly that of Earth, at some unspecified time in the geological past.
    • 2013, Robert J. Delmas, Ice Core Studies of Global Biogeochemical Cycles, page 384:
      Of the various paleorecords available to science, ice cores from polar and high altitude ice sheets provide the most direct and highest resolution view of paleoatmospheres.

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