zonation

American

[zoh-nay-shuhn] / zoʊˈneɪ ʃən /

noun

the state or condition of being zonate.
arrangement or distribution in zones.

zonation British

/ zəʊˈneɪʃən /

noun

arrangement in zones; zonate formation

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Etymology

Origin of zonation

First recorded in 1900–05; zone + -ation

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zonation

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

Liver cells, or hepatocytes, take on these many tasks by a divide-and-conquer strategy, also called zonation.

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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