the rigid outer layer of the earth, having an average thickness of about 75 km and comprising the earth's crust and the solid part of the mantle above the asthenosphere
Examples of 'geosphere' in a sentence
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Metals survive use and are merely transferred from the geosphere to the technosphere.
Volker Steinbach, Friedrich-W. Wellmer 2010, 'Consumption and Use of Non-Renewable Mineral and Energy Raw Materials from an EconomicGeology Point of View', Sustainabilityhttp://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/2/5/1408/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Homeostasis among geosphere, atmosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere has to be maintained.
Arai Kohei 2019, 'Global environmental monitoring from space', MATEC Web of Conferenceshttps://www.matec-conferences.org/articles/matecconf/pdf/2019/25/matecconf_icancee2019_06001.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Plans of research observations of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere and biosphere were implemented.
Kentaro Watanabe 2012, 'Report on the activities of the 46th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE)wintering party, 2005-2006', Antarctic Recordhttp://doi.org/10.15094/00009653. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The deep sea and the deep marine seafloor form an extensive and complex bio-geosphere system.
Sören Dürr, Jürgen Mienert, Catherine Mevel, Amelie Winkler 2007, 'The Deep Sea Frontier: A New European Research Initiative', Scientific Drillinghttp://www.iodp.org/images/stories/downloads/sd4_07.pdf#page=38. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Microbes in coal seams are thought to syntrophically mobilize fossilized carbon from the geosphere to the biosphere.
Silas H.W. Vick, Paul Greenfield, Kaydy L. Pinetown, Neil Sherwood, Se Gong, SashaG. Tetu, David J. Midgley, Ian T. Paulsen 2019, 'Succession Patterns and Physical Niche Partitioning in Microbial Communities fromSubsurface Coal Seams', iSciencehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004219300112. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There will, however, always be a need for contributions from the geosphere to offset inevitable metal losses in the technosphere.
Volker Steinbach, Friedrich-W. Wellmer 2010, 'Consumption and Use of Non-Renewable Mineral and Energy Raw Materials from an EconomicGeology Point of View', Sustainabilityhttp://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/2/5/1408/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The diverse bioenergetic pathways and eco-energetic strategies of the microorganisms are essentially the outcome of biosphere-geosphere interactions over evolutionary times.
Hongyue Dang, Chen-Tung A. Chen 2017, 'Ecological Energetic Perspectives on Responses of Nitrogen-Transforming ChemolithoautotrophicMicrobiota to Changes in the Marine Environment', Frontiers in Microbiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01246/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We discuss the anthropic principle as a means to overcome this limitation and its possible impact on understanding of geosphere.
Boris Balter, Marina Faminskaya 2017, 'Noosphere as Optimal Control. Part 1. Control Theory, Geosphere and Biosphere', Filosofiâ i Kosmologiâhttp://ispcjournal.org/journals/2017-19/BalterFaminskaya_19.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)