paralic, a. Geol.
(pəˈrælɪk)
[ad. G. paralisch (C. F. Naumann Lehrb. d. Geognosie (1852) II. ii. vii. 452), f. Gr. παράλ-ιος by the sea (see paralian): see -ic.]
Formed or having occurred in shallow water near the sea.
| [1911: see limnic a.] 1914 H. Ries Econ. Geol. (ed. 4) i. 13 A distinction is, however, sometimes made between (1) limnetic coals..; and (2) paralic coals, or those derived from plant remains which collected in marshes near the sea border. 1940, etc. [see limnic a.]. 1963 D. W. & E. E. Humphries tr. Termier's Erosion & Sedimentation i. 30 There was an extension of warm marine faunas, a large distribution of paralic flora and the development of lateritic soils. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. XII. 142/2 The molasse is a product of paralic sedimentation. 1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 154 The seams formed from peats in coastal-swamp environments (paralic coals) are characteristically relatively thin after compaction. |