biosediment
biosediment noun: sediment composed of or containing organic material.
Noun
biosediment (countable and uncountable, plural biosediments)
- Sediment composed of or containing organic material.
- This type of biosediment constitutes the oldest morphological evidence of life which can be traced back over 3.5 billion years of earth history.1985, Nature and Resources - Volumes 21-22, page 12
- Bennett et al. (1991) indicated that biosediment aggregates composed of detrital clay and organic mucus ("marine snow") may be one of the mechanisms for the rapid sedimentation of clay floccules.1998, Jürgen Schieber, Winfried Zimmerle, Parvinder S. Sethi, Shales and mudstones, →ISBN, page 61
Examples of biosediment in a sentence
- The increased size of biosediments probably initiated the process of biosediment oxidation.1998, Russian Journal of Marine Biology - Volume 24, page 55:
- The material deposited as biosediment is important part of biogeochemistry of aquatic ecosystems.2006, Richard F. Dame, Sergej Olenin, The Comparative Roles of Suspension-Feeders in Ecosystems, →ISBN:
Forms of biosediment
| plural | biosediments |
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Origin of biosediment
From bio- + sediment.
Questions about biosediment
- What does biosediment mean?
- Biosediment means sediment composed of or containing organic material.
- How do you use biosediment in a sentence?
- The increased size of biosediments probably initiated the process of biosediment oxidation.
- What part of speech is biosediment?
- Biosediment is a noun.
- What is the plural of biosediment?
- The plural of biosediment is biosediments.
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