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Meanings of formation in English
Body of rock identified by lithic characteristics and stratigraphic position; it is usually but not necessarily tabular and is mappable at the Earth's surface or traceable in the subsurface.
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Examples for "geological formation"
Examples for "geological formation"
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The specimens refer only to the geological formation of the distant interior.
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The nature of the soil may be inferred from its geological formation.
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At the end of the fourth day the geological formation changed.
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The geological formation of the region I must leave to others.
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Fortunately the geological formation is principally sedimentary limestone, which offers no great resistance.
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The cabin showed every mark of the owner's interest in the geologic formation of that immediate district.
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The beds are of great thickness, belonging to two distinct geologic formations.
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The professor secured the map of the geologic formations of our continent, and traced it.
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The geologic formations tell us of a time when no life could exist-longages of convulsion and change in the crust of the globe.
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GeoSouthern Energy, based in The Woodlands, Texas, drills for oil and gas in the Austin Chalk and Eagle Ford geologic formations in South Texas.
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насыпь Usage of formation in English
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Some warn this time the government formation process could take a year.
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His comments followed the formation of a Palestinian unity government last month.
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However, the underlying intracellular mechanisms leading to product aggregate formation remain unknown.
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The result is the necessary factor in the formation of the Dweller.
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The report appears sceptical of current policy formation in the education sector.
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Note the sentence formation, the use of fragmentary exclamations, and repeated words.
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However, the effect of dietary ALA on arterial thrombus formation remains unknown.
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Habit formation is the greatest labor saving device in the human economy.
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The structural basis of HDL formation and assembly, however, is poorly understood.
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Biofilm formation by Staphylococcus aureus is a serious problem in nosocomial infections.
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They were, in fact, wholly different in formation from hills in general.
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The formation will be the same as designated in general order No.
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Inflammatory conditions and arthritides are also known causes of popliteal cyst formation.
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Milan's formation change, however, only seemed to deepen the player's personal tailspin.
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Reaction-diffusion systems often lead to the formation of patterns and spatio-temporal chaos.
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Conclusions: Bile formation is strongly affected in mice with impaired ferrochelatase activity.
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