Definition of Biostratigraphy

1. Noun. (biology geology) The study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossils ¹

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Definition of Biostratigraphy

1. [n -PHIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Biostratigraphy

biostasis
biostat
biostatic
biostatics
biostatistical
biostatistically
biostatistician
biostatisticians
biostatistics
biostimulant
biostimulation
biostimulations
biostratigraphic
biostratigraphical
biostratigraphically
biostratigraphy (current term)
biostrome
biostromes
biostudies
biosurfactant
biosurgery
biosurveillance
bioswale
bioswales
biosyntheses
biosynthesis
biosynthesise
biosynthesised
biosynthesises
biosynthesising

Literary usage of Biostratigraphy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Inventory of Automated Databases in the Geosciences edited by K. D. Gunderson (1996)
"... fees Reference: UK 6 Database: biostratigraphy Reports lndex Data Type: Text Bibliographic Acronym: biostratigraphy Reports lndex (BGS Dataset Ref. No. ..."

2. The Geological Record Of Ecological Dynamics: Understanding The Biotic by National Academies Press (U.S.) (2005)
"biostratigraphy relies on broadly distributed, short-ranging species that allow correlation between rock units deposited during the same interval of time. ..."

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