BIOSTRATIGRAPHY


Meaning of BIOSTRATIGRAPHY in English

— biostratigraphic /buy'oh strat'i graf"ik/ , adj.

/buy'oh streuh tig"reuh fee/ , n.

a branch of geology dealing with the differentiation of sedimentary rock units on the basis of the fossils they contain.

[ BIO- + STRATIGRAPHY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .