Definition: Mineral formation by organisms: a process in which organisms transform organicmatter into mineral matter,e. g. in the formation of bone.生物礦化作用shēng wù kuàng huàzuò yòng在生物的控制或誘導(dǎo)影響下,溶液中的離子轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)楣滔嗟V物;有的完全受生物的生理...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    Definition:Biometeorology is the interdisciplinary study of increasing importance ascorrelations are being drawn between certain types of meteorological conditions and the health ofplants,humans,and all other animals.生物礦物學(xué)shēng wù kuàng wù xué應(yīng)用礦物學(xué)、結(jié)晶學(xué)和生物...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    Definition:Biostratinomy is the study of the processes that take place after an organism diesbut before its final burial.生物層積學(xué)shēng wù céng jī xué主要研究生物自死亡后至埋葬前這一階段所經(jīng)受的種種過(guò)程。...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    Definition:All the plant and animal life of a particular region.生物群shēng wù qún生活在一定區(qū)域內(nèi)的所有生物,包括動(dòng)物和植物。Example:It is now clear that habitats and biota do frequently change.現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)清楚,生境和生物群確實(shí)變化頻繁。Extended Term:biota to...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    Definition:生物擾動(dòng)革命shēng wù rǎo dòng gé mìng前寒武紀(jì)至寒武紀(jì)過(guò)渡時(shí)期底棲動(dòng)物的生活方式出現(xiàn)重大轉(zhuǎn)變,內(nèi)棲(底內(nèi))動(dòng)物從無(wú)到有,影響逐漸增強(qiáng)。這一轉(zhuǎn)變最初被稱(chēng)為“農(nóng)藝(agronomic)革命”,后改稱(chēng)為“生物擾動(dòng)革命”。bioturbat...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    Definition:A body fossil is what was actual organic material from a creature or plant(like abone).實(shí)體化石shí tǐ huà shí泛指由生物遺體本身保存下來(lái)而形成的化石,大多是生物的硬體部分,原有物質(zhì)成分一般已被替換或填充。Example:Apart from the spectacular t...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    Definition:寒武紀(jì)演化動(dòng)物群hán wǔ jì yǎn huà dòng wù qún顯生宙三大演化動(dòng)物群之一,繁盛于寒武紀(jì),以三葉蟲(chóng)、無(wú)鉸腕足類(lèi)、軟舌螺等為代表。Cambrian:the Cambrian period or the system of rocks deposited during it前寒武紀(jì)的qiánhán wǔ jì deevolutiona...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    Definition: The Cambrian explosion or Cambrian radiation was the relatively rapidappearance,over a period of many million years,of most major groups of complex animalsaround 530 million years ago,as found in the fossil record.寒武紀(jì)生命大爆發(fā)hán wǔ jì shēngmìng d...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    Definition: The “Cambrian substrate revolution”or“Agronomic revolution”,evidenced intrace fossils,is the diversification of animal burrowing during the early Cambrian period.寒武紀(jì)底質(zhì)革命hán wǔ jì dǐ zhì gé mìng海洋底質(zhì)狀態(tài)在寒武紀(jì)曾發(fā)生重大轉(zhuǎn)變,即顯生宙型混...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    Definition: Something shed by organism:a part of an organism that has been shed in anatural recurring process,e. g. an insect casing,a snake skin,or worm feces.鑄型zhù xíng生物遺體的內(nèi)外均被沉積物充填,其后遺體本身被地下水溶蝕,所留空隙又為其他物質(zhì)填充而形成鑄...[繼續(xù)閱讀]