microcontinent

microcontinent

English

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Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.?
Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der.
English micro-
English continent
English microcontinent

    From micro- + continent.

    Noun

    microcontinent (plural microcontinents)

    1. (geography) A fragment of continental crust that has cleaved off its parent tectonic plate.
      • 2013, Biogeography of the terrestrial and freshwater biota of the Seychelles islands, page 30:
        Seychelles can first be considered to have existed 62 mya when the Seychelles microcontinent split from India as a result of intense activity in the Carlsberg ridge which started 64 mya […]

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