(a.) Pertaining to, or depended upon, the order or arrangement of strata; as, stratigraphical evidence.
Example Sentences:
(1) The stratigraphical position of the os Daubentonii has been established comparing the situation in the Gibbon with that of the human ulno-carpal region.
(2) This early appearance, however, has been questioned, largely because of doubts about the stratigraphic positions associated with the specimens and because of the lack of a reliable chronology for the stratigraphic sequence.
(3) The latest survival dates of extinct species are estimated from stratigraphic occurrences of fossil remains, radiocarbon dates, or association with archaeological industries.
(4) Recently obtained material of the early Eocene primate Notharctus venticolus, including two partial skulls from a single stratigraphic horizon, provides the geologically earliest evidence of sexual dimorphism in canine size and shape in primates and the only unequivocal evidence for such dimorphism in strepsirhines.
(5) A stratigraphically oriented series of the Miocene foraminiferal species Brizalina mandoroveensis from Ikang, Cameroon, was analyzed both by conventional multivariate morphometric procedures and by the tensor biometric method of Bookstein (1986; Statist, Sci.
(6) glabrata (Say, 1818) from upper Pleistocene (or Holocene) based on paleontologic and stratigraphic data and in agreement with shell morphology.
(7) The scientific community took the Crutzen-Stoermer proposal seriously enough to submit it to the rigours of the stratigraphers.
(8) This discovery nearly doubles the stratigraphic range of therapsids and furnishes their first record from the Cenozoic.
(9) Although a surface find, its provenance within site JM85 (BPRP site K002) was established and a stratigraphic section provided indicating the specimen's position.
(10) The fossil horizon is only 76 meters, stratigraphically, above the Glossopteris-bearing Buckley Formation, a coal-bearing sequence of Permian age.
(11) The phylogeny of this group is congruent with the stratigraphic distribution of its members.
(12) One parietal fragment was excavated from the stratigraphically more recent F complex.
(13) The diagnosis, not revealed on standard radiographs of the vertebral column, was suspected on radiculography and confirmed only by oblique stratigraphic projection.
(14) In most instances the entire IOT was innervated, however, the stratigraphic distribution of fibers in the various tectal lamina was atypical.
(15) Respiration related units (RRU) were recorded during a stratigraphic exploration of medulla and pons from the cervical junction to the caudal part of the pneumotaxic system in the semi-chronic locally anesthetized 'isolated respiratory centre' of the cat.
(16) The first uses taphonomic control groups to distinguish real absences from nonpreservation, while the second, and probably more powerful, uses the quality of the fossil record to estimate confidence intervals on the bases of stratigraphic ranges.
(17) The conventional analysis used five size-measures upon 170 specimens from five stratigraphic levels; the tensor analysis encompassed six landmarks (12 coordinates) upon 50 specimens.
(18) Recent publications indicate that they will recommend the designation of the Anthropocene, and that the “stratigraphically optimal” temporal limit will be located somewhere in the mid-20th century.
(19) The archaeological and hominid site of Border Cave (KwaZulu, South Africa) has a stratigraphic sequence covering the Middle and Later Stone Ages (MSA and LSA).
(20) We used differential scanning calorimetry to perform a stratigraphic analysis of the shrinkage temperature of glutaraldehyde-treated pericardium.
Stratigraphy
Definition:
(n.) That branch of geology which treats of the arrangement and succession of strata.
Example Sentences:
(1) People are environmentally aware these days but maybe the information is not available to them to show the scale of changes that are happening.” The international team behind the paper includes several other members of the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy’s Anthropocene working group, which hopes to present a proposal to the ICS later this year.
(2) The Authors describe the usefulness of the additional radiologic investigations (stratigraphy and computed tomography) in the study of the back acetabular fractures.
(3) The history of the Earth is divided up according to the geological time scale, which is set by the International Commission on Stratigraphy.
(4) The chronometric framework developed for Plio-Pleistocene deposits of the northern Turkana Basin is reviewed in light of recent advances in lithostratigraphy, geochemical correlation, paleomagnetic stratigraphy, and isotopic dating.
(5) Each patient had a complete ophthalmologic examination, with electroretinography and visual-evoked potentials, a complete radiologic examination, including skull stratigraphy (particularly of the sellar and parasellar bony structures), and a computed tomographic scan.
(6) Following this our study presents data concerning the wells in the area, their position, methods of excavation, depth, stratigraphy and capacity of water-supply.
(7) In the light of the results obtained guidelines for the selection of bronchography as a diagnostic procedure are presented, specifying the situations in which stratigraphy, CAT scans or NMR are not adequate substitutes and suggesting what should be the current role of bronchography in paediatrics.
(8) However, by the use of accurate radiography, stratigraphy, bone scan and CAT, a pre-operative accurate diagnosis is usually possible.
(9) Intradermal (Casoni) or serological (Ghedini) tests and scintigraphy for the hepatic localization, and lung stratigraphy or histologic section for the pulmonary one, were the most frequent examinations performed.
(10) Stratigraphy revealed lung metastases not identified by standard radiography in 4 patients (1.8%), while CT revealed metastases not identified by either standard X-rays or stratigraphy in a further 6 cases (2.7%).
(11) What will survive of us is plastic The Anthropocene Working Group of the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy – a title straight out of Gormenghast – was created in 2009.
(12) The International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), the world body that decides on geological time boundaries, is actively considering the question and a working group is due to report on the issue next year.
(13) Twenty-six patients underwent clinical examination, radiography of the skull and neck, lateral stratigraphy of epipharynx, and CT of head and neck.
(14) Like many things in the world of geology, little moves fast at the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), the body that decides the time period we live in.
(15) The physiopathologic implications of electrophysiological data is discussed to illustrate the possibility of using Evoked Potentials to help resolve the problems of functional cerebral stratigraphy in man.
(16) The value of stratigraphy and pulmonary CT in the initial work-up of osteosarcoma of the extremities is assessed with reference to 217 patients encountered in the Bone Tumour Centre of Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute in May 1983-May 1986.
(17) Its subcommission on quaternary stratigraphy set up a working group on the Anthropocene, filled it with a diverse range of experts, and handed the problem to them.
(18) He added that the study should not be taken as “conclusive statement” that the Anthropocene had arrived, but as “another level of information” for the debate on whether it should be formally declared an epoch by the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS).
(19) The radiological (radiography and stratigraphy) finding was significant in 42 of the 61 gallium-positive cases and negative in the remaining 19.