English Dictionary

Greater Adria

固有名詞

(paleogeography, paleogeology) A Greenland-sized paleo-microcontinent in the Neo-Tethys Ocean that rifted from the north of Africa portion of the supercontinent of Gondwana and accreted to the south of Europe portion of the supercontinent of Laurasia, and thence subducted.

日本語の意味

「Greater Adria」は、ネオテチス海に存在した、グリーンランド大陸ほどの大きさを持つ古微大陸を指す名称です。これは、かつてゴンドワナ超大陸の北アフリカ部分から裂け出し、後にローラシア超大陸の南ヨーロッパ部分に加着した後、沈み込んだとされる地質学的現象を表現しています。

Geologists mapped the hidden fragments of Greater Adria to understand how ancient microcontinents reshaped southern Europe's crust.

地質学者たちは、ネオ・テティス海に存在したグリーンランドほどの大きさの古代微小大陸で、ゴンドワナの北アフリカ域から分離してラウラシアの南ヨーロッパに付加し、その後沈み込んだものの隠れた断片をマッピングし、これらがどのように南ヨーロッパの地殻を変えたかを解明した。

意味（1）

(paleogeography, paleogeology) A Greenland-sized paleo-microcontinent in the Neo-Tethys Ocean that rifted from the north of Africa portion of the supercontinent of Gondwana and accreted to the south of Europe portion of the supercontinent of Laurasia, and thence subducted.

A northwestern ocean basin system was genetically related to the Atlantic Ocean, opened in Middle to Late Jurassic time, and is known as the Alpine Tethys Ocean, which include multiple branches, such as the Piemonte-Liguria Ocean between Greater Adria (i.e. modern Adria and the its restored portions now folded and thrusted in circum-Adriatic orogens), Iberia, and the Briançonnais continental fragment, and the Valais Ocean between the Briançonnais fragment and Europe