in reference to the second epoch of the Tertiary Period, 1831, from eo- "earliest" + Latinized form of Greek kainos "new" (see recent). Coined in English (along with Miocene and Pliocene) by the Rev. William Whewell (1794-1866), English polymath, and meant as "the dawn of the recent." As a noun from 1851.
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1. The funnel - shaped self - potential curve of the Eocene sands is well marked.
始新统砂层的 漏斗形 自然电位曲线形态很明显.
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2. These showed an evolution of increasing diversity through to the Eocene.
一直到始新世,生物多样性都在不断地提高.
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3. 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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4. 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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5. Paleogene Oligocene Linhe formation ( E _ 3 J ) and Eocene Wulate formation ( E _ 2 wl ).
