Sentence examples for marginal environment from inspiring English sources
Diamicton and esker gravels were deposited subglacially by an ice sheet withdrawing westwards; glaciolacustrine sediments located along the south margin of the esker ridge were laid down in an ice marginal environment as a subaqueous fan composed of silt, sand and gravel, and as distal deposits composed of silt and clay in the lower ground area between the fan and the esker ridge.
"Thus, they were able to sustain large dense populations in what many would consider a marginal environment".
This in turn meant that no-one bothered to accumulate wealth or influence, and never over-exploited their marginal environment.
The Northeast region of Brazil has low levels of human development and a marginal environment subject to chronic water scarcity.
As a marginal environment at the physical periphery of Europe, Iceland brings the transformative properties of colonialism and capitalism into sharp relief.
Despite the marginal environment of the Tien Shan, migrants from eastern China and from Siberia and Central Asia continue to move into the region in large numbers.
To be of any relevance to conservation, this re-valuation must take place (a) for marginal biological species forming the bulk of genetic assets, (b) for marginal environments representing most of the biodiversity-rich landscapes, and (c) for marginalized communities, for whom the immediate biological environment must fulfill basic economic needs.
This suggests that intercropping is more beneficial in less fertile fields and in more marginal environments such as the NGS.
The area under cultivation has declined by nearly two thirds since this time largely as a result of the large-scale abandonment of wheat farming in marginal environments.
Rainwater harvesting is an important practice to improve water and land productivity and to cope with climate change in the drier marginal environments.
This project is aimed at answering the questions: How, when and under what environmental conditions were so marginal environments permanently colonized during the Middle Stone Age?
