Biological Oceanography

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  1. archaean
    of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon
  2. eukaryote
    an organism of one or more cells with membrane-bound nuclei
  3. prokaryote
    a unicellular organism lacking a membrane-bound nucleus
  4. Alaska
    a state in northwestern North America
  5. Aleutian
    a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska
  6. outcrop
    the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface
  7. synchrony
    the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
  8. subduction
    movement of the edge of one tectonic plate under another
  9. stratigraphy
    the branch of geology that studies the arrangement and succession of strata
  10. hydrography
    the science of the measurement and description and mapping of the surface waters of the earth with special reference to navigation
  11. cannibalistic
    characteristic of cannibals or exhibiting cannibalism
  12. tomography
    (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body
  13. inundation
    an overwhelming number or amount
  14. centripetal
    tending to move toward an area in the middle
  15. endocrine
    of or belonging to glands that secrete hormones
  16. solstice
    when the sun is at its greatest distance from the equator
  17. equinox
    when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator
  18. escarpment
    a long steep slope at the edge of a plateau or ridge
  19. bluff
    a high steep bank
  20. cliff
    a steep high face of rock
Created on Sat Dec 21 23:45:15 EST 2013 (updated Thu Feb 06 05:37:01 EST 2014)

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