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- noun Plural form of
foraminiferan .
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By analysing oxygen isotope ratios in tiny marine creatures called foraminiferans preserved in sediments that were deposited at the bottom of the Red Sea, the scientists reconstructed past sea levels, which were corroborated by comparison with the fossilised remains of coral reefs.
Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2010
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By analysing oxygen isotope ratios in tiny marine creatures called foraminiferans preserved in sediments that were deposited at the bottom of the Red Sea, the scientists reconstructed past sea levels, which were corroborated by comparison with the fossilised remains of coral reefs.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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By analysing oxygen isotope ratios in tiny marine creatures called foraminiferans preserved in sediments that were deposited at the bottom of the Red Sea, the scientists reconstructed past sea levels, which were corroborated by comparison with the fossilised remains of coral reefs.
Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2010
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By analysing oxygen isotope ratios in tiny marine creatures called foraminiferans preserved in sediments that were deposited at the bottom of the Red Sea, the scientists reconstructed past sea levels, which were corroborated by comparison with the fossilised remains of coral reefs.
Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2010
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By analysing oxygen isotope ratios in tiny marine creatures called foraminiferans preserved in sediments that were deposited at the bottom of the Red Sea, the scientists reconstructed past sea levels, which were corroborated by comparison with the fossilised remains of coral reefs.
Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2010
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Among many foraminiferans with an organic shell (or 'test'), they found four undescribed specimens with agglutinated tests.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Among many foraminiferans with an organic shell (or 'test'), they found four undescribed specimens with agglutinated tests.
innovations-report 2010
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The group it belongs to, the xenophyophores, is foraminiferans, and these often switch between sexual and asexual reproduction.
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Among many foraminiferans with an organic shell (or 'test'), they found four undescribed specimens with agglutinated tests.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Among many foraminiferans with an organic shell (or 'test'), they found four undescribed specimens with agglutinated tests.
innovations-report 2010
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