Meaning Autochthonous
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(Pronounced au-toch-tho-nous)
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Materials, especially rock masses, that formed in their present location and have not been transported. Fault surfaces can separate indigenous rocks from allochthonous rocks, although some allochthono [..]
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(of an inhabitant of a place) indigenous rather than descended from migrants or colonists
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"native, indigenous," 1845, from autochthon + -ous.
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Describing a rock or mineral that formed in the same location where it was found.
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Refers to something formed in its present location. Antonym of allochthonous.
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indigenous. Compare Allochthonous.
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1. native, indigenous, or original in some manner. 2. denoting endogenous processes that originate within the individual, independently of external influences. Compare with allochthonous.
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(Gk: auto=self; chthonos=earth) sprung from the earth. Native.
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Native; indigenous (adjective); this arcane word means the same as native and indigenous, and those are older and well-accepted expressions.
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biology - pertaining to organic materials produced within an aquatic system
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(adj) of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed(adj) originating where it is found
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A term applied to shelves on which older shelf sediments are primarily being reworked by modern shelf processes.
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A term applied to shelves on which older shelf sediments are primarily being reworked by modern shelf processes.
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originating where found, indigenous
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Describing a rock or mineral that formed in the same location where it was found.
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