bioweathering

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noun

weathering of organic compounds from fossil biological material

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Meanings

nounbioweathering (uncountable)
  1. uncountableweathering 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 PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From bio- + weathering.

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bioweathering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bioweathering

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