biostratigraphy
- noun
- /ˌbaɪoʊstrəˈtɪɡrəfi/
- Specialized
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bioestratigrafía
- The cyclical changes are related to primary Milankovitch frequencies given the general sedimentation rate of 3 cm/kyr of the investigated interval based on biostratigraphy (Betzler et al. 2017b).
Examples
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The results of the biostratigraphy revealed valuable information about the geological history of the area.
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Biostratigraphy plays a part in the search for all three of those substances that I listed above.
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Reed Scherer is part of the research team and is a professor of Micro Paleontology and Biostratigraphy at NIU.
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You can argue that evolution isn't true, but we use the principles of evolution to do biostratigraphy (a good phylogeny being necessary for a good taxonomy).
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The study of biostratigraphy involves examining fossil records to establish the relative ages of rock layers.
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Researchers use biostratigraphy to correlate rock layers from different locations based on their fossil content.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
biostratigraphy = stratigraphy (semi-transparent) = bio + strat + graphy
The word is formed transparently from bio- plus stratigraphy, but the result is a specialized geological term whose exact meaning is not obvious to a general learner.
Etymology
Biostratigraphy joins bio- 'life' and stratigraphy, a word made from parts that mean 'layers' and 'writing', like photography 'writing with light'. So, biostratigraphy is 'using life to read rock layers', which is why it means studying fossils to find the relative ages of rocks and to match layers across places.