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deposition

Medical malpractice A testimony obtained under oath from a witness or expert outside of court, which can be subsequently used in a criminal or civil action Metabolic diseases The accumulation of crystallizable or nonmetabolizable material in certain organs

dep·o·si·tion

(dep'ŏ-zish'ŭn)

A sworn pretrial testimony given by a witness in response to oral and written questions and cross examination. The deposition is transcribed and may be used for further pretrial investigation. It may also be presented at the trial if the witness cannot be present; often used in the case of workers' compensation adjudication.

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

dep·o·si·tion

(dep'ŏ-zish'ŭn)

A sworn pretrial testimony given by a witness in response to oral and written questions and cross examination.

Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012

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Cretaceous planktonic foraminifers and depositional environments from the Ontong Java Plateau with emphasis on Sites 803 and 807.

Planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and depositional setting of the Cretaceous Parh Limestone, Quetta, western Sulaiman Fold-Thrust Belt, Balochistan, Pakistan

Organic geochemistry and elements distribution in Dahuangshan oil shale, southern Junggar Basin: Origin of organic matter and depositional environment.

ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY AND DEPOSITIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF JIMUSAER OIL SHALE, JUNGGAR BASIN, NW CHINA

These results indicate that there were at least two separate phases of use at the depositional site--one from around the first centuries around the turn of common era, the other from around mid-1st millennium AD.

KOHTLA-VANAKULA WEAPONS AND TOOLS DEPOSIT: AN IRON AGE SACRIFICIAL SITE IN NORTH-EAST ESTONIA

Depositional environments of the Bara Formation from Lakhra areas Sindh, Pakistan.

Mineralogical Investigation of the Bara Formation from Lakhra Anticline, Sindh province, Pakistan

In this study, the first method, or "Embebed markov Chain analysis," was chosen because it emphasizes changes and focuses on depositional processes.

Lithofacies cyclicity determination in the guaduas formation (Colombia) using Markov chains

Rare earth elements in ichthyoliths: variations with redox conditions and depositional environment.

Rare earth elements (REEs) in vertebrate microremains from the upper Pridoli Ohesaare beds of Saaremaa Island, Estonia: geochemical clues to palaeoenvironment

SOC depth distribution in the profile exhibited a decreasing pattern from the surface to the parent material horizon (if any), in both erosional and depositional areas of cultivated land, as well as uncultivated land.

Soil organic carbon and nitrogen losses due to soil erosion and cropping in a sloping terrace landscape

Based on biogenic and abiogenic components and texture, there are 12 microfacies in the carbonate facies, those are grouped into three depositional environments corresponding to the inner, middle and outer shelf.

Microfacies and sedimentary environment of the early-middle Miocene deposits (Mishan Formation) in south of Iran

The sorting of grains of the Bara formation sediments, from the Lakhra sections further indicated heterogeneity of the sediments and the depositional environments.

Depositional environments of the Bara formation sandstone from Lakhra areas Sindh, Pakistan

Elaboration of the map without accumulated layer in depositional soils was the first step in reconstruction of the past topography.

The effect of land use change on transformation of relief and modification of soils in undulating loess area of east Poland

The assessment was based on the postulated presence and viability of petroleum-system elements including petroleum source rocks (quality, sourcerock maturation, generation, and migration), reservoir rocks (depositional environments, sequence stratigraphy, and petrophysical properties), traps (type and formation), and timing considerations.