noun
paleogeography
Academic term for the study of historical geography and ancient landforms.
古地理学は、過去の大陸の配置を研究する学問です。
Paleogeography is the study of the arrangement of continents in the past.
Compound of 古 (こ, 'old, ancient') + 地理学 (ちりがく, 'geography'). The exact derivation is uncertain, but it follows the pattern of modern scientific terminology.