Noachian

[ noh-ey-kee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the patriarch Noah or his time.

Noachian

/ -ˈeɪkɪk; nəʊˈækɪk; nəʊˈeɪkɪən /

adjective

1. Old Testament of or relating to the patriarch Noah

Word History and Origins

Origin of Noachian¹

1670–80; Noach (variant of Noah ) + -ian

Example Sentences

The team estimates that Mars would have lost between 40 and 95 percent of its water via this process in the planet’s Noachian period, which stretches from 4.1 billion to 3.7 billion years ago.

From Scientific American

Clearly there was more to extinctions than could be accounted for by a single Noachian deluge, as the Biblical flood was known.

From Literature

Some of the detected clays are in bedrock that has been exposed by erosion, others have been washed downstream from such sources by the Noachian rivers.

From Scientific American

Magmatic precipitation as a possible origin of Noachian clays on Mars.

From Nature

During this era on Mars—which geologists have dubbed the Noachian Period—volcanic eruptions poured ash and gases into the atmosphere, trapping solar heat and warming the red planet.

From National Geographic