Thalattocracy
Thalattocracy ( Greek θάλασσα thálassa = "sea", κράτος krátos = "rule") is in geology the "dominance" of the sea over the continents and describes periods of geological history in which large areas of the continental shelf were covered by water due to widespread transgressions . An example of this is the chalk , which was characterized by a very high sea level around the world .
The opposite of thalattocracy is geocracy . During these periods, large areas of the continental shelves were not covered by water, so that the continents had a greater extent than in thalattocrats. Examples are the Cambrian and the Lower Triassic .
See also
- Thalassocracy , the supremacy of a sea power
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans Murawski, Wilhelm Meyer: Geological dictionary . 11th edition. Elsevier / Spektrum, Heidelberg 2004, ISBN 3-8274-1445-8 , pp. 223 .
- ↑ Geocracy. ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Wissen.de
