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bioweathering

bioweathering noun: weathering of organic compounds from fossil biological material.

Noun

bioweathering (uncountable)

  1. weathering of organic compounds from fossil biological material
    • However, traces of urea in the AMD waters of the lignite mining site may be generated by bioweathering processes of the fossil organic matter in the lignite similar to bioweathering of the organic matter in copper shales [67, 68 ].2016 January 26, “Genome Analysis of the Biotechnologically Relevant Acidophilic Iron Oxidising Strain JA12 Indicates Phylogenetic and Metabolic Diversity within the Novel Genus “ Ferrovum ””, in...

Origin of bioweathering

From bio- + weathering.

Questions about bioweathering

What does bioweathering mean?
Bioweathering means weathering of organic compounds from fossil biological material.
What part of speech is bioweathering?
Bioweathering is a noun.

Words near bioweathering in the dictionary

  1. bioweapon
  2. bioweaponization
  3. bioweaponizations
  4. bioweaponry
  5. bioweapons
  6. bioweathering
  7. biowoman
  8. biowomen
  9. bioxalate
  10. bioxalates
  11. bioxalomycin

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