The phrase "attributed the formation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the assignment of a cause or reason for the creation or development of something.
Example: "The researchers attributed the formation of the new species to environmental changes over the past decade."
Alternatives: "ascribed the creation" or "credited the development".
The anodic photocurrent was attributed the formation of oxygen through the cavity reaction with hydroxyl on solution interface.
6% Ag in Zr40Ti alloy distinctly increases pitting corrosion resistance, which is attributed the formation of thick, dense and stable passive film under the joint action of titanium and silver.
The enhanced catalytic activity of these hybrid nanocatalysts could be attributed the formation of oxygen vacancies and electron transfer across the structural junction in a hybrid system as a result of the interfacial particle particle interactions.
The suggested mechanism which was studied by using Mossbauer spectroscopy and internal friction measurements attributed the formation of η-carbide to capture locked carbon atoms by mobile dislocations.
Apotsos et al. (2011) attributed the formation of large offshore bars to collisions of the backwash flows and the up-rushing waves.
They attributed the formation of NPs to the reducibility of hydroxyl and phenolic groups in wood components that reduce Pt ions and Ag ions.
Steno himself saw no difficulty in attributing the formation of most rocks to the flood mentioned in the Bible.
Hiawatha, (Ojibwa: "He Makes Rivers"), a legendary chief (c. 1450) of the Onondaga tribe of North American Indians, to whom Indian tradition attributes the formation of what became known as the Iroquois Confederacy.
Recent reports attribute the formation of these microdomains to the geometrical and molecular mechanical mismatch of lipids of different species on the boundary.
In this case, we should attribute the formation of grooved texture to the wrinkled surface formed on the initial jet.
However, the authors attributed the observed formation of a stoichiometric amount of thiocyanate to the reaction of cyanide with GSS– that had been released into solution.
