"pertaining to the geological period between the Oligocene and Pliocene," 1831, irregular formation from Greek meion "less" + -cene.
A typical example of the monstrosities with which scientific men in want of a label for something, and indifferent to all beyond their own province, defile the language. The elements of the word are Greek, but not the way they are put together, nor the meaning demanded of the compound. [Fowler]
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1. Those correspond to Quaternary , Pliocene , Upper Miocene, Lower Miocene and Eocene respectively.
分别为第四系 、 上新统、中新统上段 、 中新统下段及始新统.
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2. Miocene formations ( better: strata ) are well - exposed in this area.
本区具有出露良好的中新世地层.
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3. There are four hydrocarbon source rocks, Palaeocene, Eocene, Oligocene and Miocene.
西湖凹陷发育古新统 、 始新统 、 渐新统及中新统四大烃源岩系.
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4. The main hydrocarbon source rocks for the basins lacustrineplain sediments from Oligocene to Middle Miocene.
晚渐新世-中中新世,由于洋壳扩张南海盆地形成,南沙地块漂移到现今位置.
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5. One of the most noticeable features of the Middle Miocene rock layers was their periodicity.
