zonation
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of zonation
Example Sentences
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Amongst the earliest examples of these theories is the coral reef zonation theory which explains how different types of fish or corals for example are found on coral reefs at different depths.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2023
While researchers know that Wnt proteins help activate the repair process in damaged liver cells, which ones actually control zonation and regeneration, as well as their exact location in the liver, have been a mystery.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2022
College students from North Sulawesi, Indonesia, undertake a zonation exercise, discovering the close relationships between mangroves, coral reefs and seagrasses.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2022
Cathey, H. E. & Nash, B. P. The Cougar Point tuff: implications for thermochemical zonation and longevity of high-temperature, large-volume silicic magmas of the Miocene Yellowstone hotspot.
From Nature ● Dec. 12, 2017
Scientists in the 1960s carried out a fundamental biostratigraphic correlation that tied Triassic conodont zonation into ammonoids, which are extinct ancient cousins of the pearly nautilus.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
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