[1825–35; sub- + aerial]This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cliché, individualism, panda, relativity, structuralsub- is a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Latin (subject; subtract; subvert; subsidy). On this model, sub- is freely attached to elements of any origin and used with the meaning “under,” “below,”“beneath” (subalpine; substratum), “slightly,” “imperfectly,” “nearly” (subcolumnar; subtropical), “secondary,” “subordinate” (subcommittee; subplot)
Examples of 'subaerial' in a sentence
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However, the exceptional periostium preservation in many cases suggests a very short subaerial exposure.
Leandro M. Pérez, Alejandro Otero, Sebastián Apesteguía, Pablo A. Gallina 2009, 'Estratigrafía y análisis tafonómico de Bonitasaura salgadoi Apesteguía, en el sitio«La Bonita» (Cretácico superior, Río Negro, Argentina) Stratigraphic and taphonomicanalysis of Bonitasaura salgadoi Apesteguía (Sauropoda, Titanosauria) at «La Bonita»site (Upper Cretaceous, Río Negro Province, Argentina)', Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturaleshttp://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1853-04002009000100006. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The bounding surfaces defining each allomember are transgressively modified subaerial unconformities.
Claudio Di Celma, Elisa Malinverno, Giulia Bosio, Karen Gariboldi, Alberto Collareta,Anna Gioncada, Walter Landini, Pietro Paolo Pierantoni, Giovanni Bianucci 2018, 'Intraformational unconformities as a record of late Miocene eustatic falls of sealevel in the Pisco Formation (southern Peru)', Journal of Mapshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2018.1517701. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Steep-crested esker ridges were subsequently deposited; subaerial meltwater activity then followed.
P. Johansson 2003, 'Eskers and bedrock gorges (tunnel valleys) in the Pakasaivo area, western FinnishLapland', Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finlandhttp://www.geologinenseura.fi/bulletin/Volume75/Johansson.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Levels of concretionary cementation with dolocrete features possibly mark the position of subaerial unconformities.
Kristjan Urtson, Kazbulat Shogenov, Alla Shogenova, Kalle Kirsimäe, Tõnu Martma, AnneKleesment 2012, 'Linkage of diagenesis to depositional environments and stratigraphy in the northernpart of the Baltic basin', Estonian Journal of Earth Scienceshttp://www.kirj.ee/public/Estonian_Journal_of_Earth_Sciences/2012/issue_1/earth-2012-1-15-32.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
As volcanic islands grow via subaerial shield-building and edifice growth, large submarine landslides occur.
James E. Hunt, Ian Jarvis 2017, 'Prodigious submarine landslides during the inception and early growth of volcanicislands', Nature Communicationshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41467-017-02100-3. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Among the subaerial phenomena, freezing and thawing play a key role.
Karol AUGUSTOWSKI 2013, 'The role of multigelation in the development of river banks', GEOREVIEW: Scientific Annals of Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava. Geography Serieshttp://georeview.ro/ojs/index.php/revista/article/view/69. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The earliest eruptions took place on the sea floor and quickly built up a subaerial lava plateau.
Asger Ken Pedersen, Lotte Melchior Larsen, Gunver Krarup Pedersen 2017, 'Lithostratigraphy, geology and geochemistry of the volcanic rocks of the Vaigat Formationon Disko and Nuussuaq, Paleocene of West Greenland', Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletinhttp://www.eng.geus.dk/media/16275/nr39_p001-244.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This reliable test procedure will support the design of improved materials for medical, industrial, and environmental (subaquatic or subaerial) applications.
Friederike Menzel, Bianca Conradi, Karsten Rodenacker, Anna A. Gorbushina, Karin Schwibbert 2016, 'Flow Chamber System for the Statistical Evaluation of Bacterial Colonization on Materials',Materialshttp://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/9/9/770. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The regional unconformities are marine or subaerial erosional surfaces, as well as non-depositional surfaces, locally marked by paleosoils.
Mauro Agate, Luca Basilone, Cipriano Di Maggio, Antonio Contino, Salvatore Pierini,Raimondo Catalano 2017, 'Quaternary marine and continental unconformity-bounded stratigraphic units of theNW Sicily coastal belt', Journal of Mapshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2017.1314229. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Many researchers believe that the subaerial phenomena are more preparatory processes to actual erosion than the erosion itself.
Karol AUGUSTOWSKI 2013, 'The role of multigelation in the development of river banks', GEOREVIEW: Scientific Annals of Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava. Geography Serieshttp://georeview.ro/ojs/index.php/revista/article/view/69. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)