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Definition of Mississippian
1. Noun. From 345 million to 310 million years ago; increase of land areas; primitive ammonites; winged insects.
Group relationships: Carboniferous, Carboniferous Period
Generic synonyms: Geological Period, Period
2. Noun. A native or resident of Mississippi.
Definition of Mississippian
1. Adjective. (geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Carboniferous period from about 359 to 318 million years ago; marked by glaciation and the appearance of the first trees. ¹
2. Adjective. Of, or pertaining to, Mississippi or its culture. ¹
3. Proper noun. (geology) The Mississippian epoch. ¹
4. Noun. An inhabitant or a resident of the state of Mississippi. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mississippian
Literary usage of Mississippian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"Great thicknesses of the Mississippian system were probably removed before the
... On this ground, the Mississippian (or Lower Carboniferous) might well be ..."
2. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"Great thicknesses of the Mississippian system were probably removed before the
deposition ... If the Mississippian and Pennsylvanian are still regarded as ..."
3. Geology, Physical and Historical by Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland (1916)
"I. Mississippian OR LOWER CARBONIFEROUS The epicontinental seas (Fig. 446) of
the early portion of this period were about as extensive as in the Devonian ..."
4. Geology, Physical and Historical by Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland (1916)
"Mississippian OR LOWER CARBONIFEROUS The epicontinental seas (Fig. 446) of the
early portion of this period were about as extensive as in the Devonian and ..."
5. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1907)
"The Pennsylvanian system2 is continued northward into Alaska, where it is less
wide-spread than the Mississippian so far as present knowledge goes. ..."
6. Geology of the Mid Continent Oilfields, Kansas, Oklahoma and North Texas by Thomas Owen Bosworth (1920)
"THE Mississippian SYSTEM posed, the Mississippian deposits change to some extent.
... Throughout the Mid Continent Fields, the Mississippian is mainly a ..."
7. The University Geological Survey of Kansas by Erasmus Haworth, Kansas Geological Survey (1898)
"The area in Kansas covered by the Mississippian rocks is confined to the southeastern
corner of the southeastern county. It is bounded on the south by the ..."
8. Elements of Geology by Eliot Blackwelder, Harlan Harland Barrows (1911)
"The Mississippian, Pennsyl- vanian, and Permian periods were formerly combined
... The transition from the Devonian into the Mississippian period was not ..."
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