Paleocene definition

Paleocene means the lower most epoch within the Paleogene period, from 65.5 to 61.7 million years ago, immediately after the Cretaceous period;
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Paleocene means the lower most epoch within the Paleogene, immediately after the Cretaceous period; “Paleogene” means a geological period from 65.5 to 23 million years ago;
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Paleocene means a geologic epoch that lasted from 65 million to 56 million years ago in the Cenozoic Era.
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Examples of Paleocene in a sentence

  • Gas has been tested in Teleti and Varketili at rates up to 7-10 mmcfd in the Upper-Cretaceous Paleocene interval.

  • The main Rock types of the area, belong to Peninsular Gnessic Complex (PGC) of Archean era Pakhal super group, Penganga and Sullavai group (Proterozoic), Gondwana sediments (Upper carboniferous to lower creataceous) and Deccan traps (Cretaceous to Paleocene).

  • Other potential reservoirs include the Upper-Cretaceous Paleocene, Lower Eocene and Upper Eocene.

  • Upper Cretaceous Paleocene recoverable gas reserves have been estimated to be 667 BCF.

  • Although evidence is hard to find, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ (1983) documented changes in mammalian herbivores and carnivores during the Paleocene to Mid Eocene that could be of the kind suggested by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ (1979).

  • Most of the previous studies suggested that the origin of Melastomataceae was in the late Cretaceous and the crown age is early Paleocene, which is confirmed here.

  • As with Mana▇▇, ▇▇ere is the potential for Upper-Cretaceous Paleocene and Lower Eocene production (Figure 9).