The phrase "a limited trace of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a small or minimal amount of something that is detectable or noticeable.
Example: "The archaeologists found a limited trace of ancient pottery at the excavation site."
Alternatives: "a slight indication of" or "a small remnant of".
Probably like most people who don't live here, I imagined this part of the Arctic as a land of ice and snow with limited traces of human beings.
Xen Access provides very limited traces of file access, with only the creation and the deletion of a file traceable.
In this theory, limited trace amount of hydrocarbons introduced as impurities in the methanol feedstock formed the initial aromatics (some benzene ring structures), which play a key role as the 'scaffold' in later process [2].
However, genetic gain for marker-assisted selection using only a small number of significant markers to trace a limited number of QTL (although often with larger effects) is likely to be small because a large number of QTL are expected to explain genetic variation in complex traits e.g. [ 16].
Our baseline intervention scenario considers case isolation (with a limited capacity) and tracing of close contacts which we combine with a pre-emptive vaccination of highly connected individuals.
Shape interpolation allows the user to interpolate a complete three-dimensional (3-D) shape by tracing a limited number of contours.
This spring, Buffalo Trace began a limited commercial release of its white dog, which until now was available only as a much-coveted souvenir from the distillery's gift shop.
Phylogenetic sequence analysis showed that the capsular heterogeneity of three STs that were sampled more extensively could be traced back to a limited number of capsular switch events, indicating that changes of serotype occur occasionally during the short term expansion of clones.
I could never forget that picture, because in a limited number of inches Oliva had traced the national map of the last half century.
Alternative splicing events can be traced only in a limited number of mammals (human, mouse and rat); no data are available for any other placental lineage.
