He contended that the temperature was insufficient to cause decomposition.

Once aboard the Seraph, the body was preserved by placing it in a sealed canister containing dry ice, which prevented oxygen from causing decomposition.

This causes slow decomposition, and thus the plant debris gradually accumulates to form peat and eventually muskeg.

When moving downward, oil shale is heated by the rising recycled gases, which cause decomposition of the rock.

In this way molds play a major role in causing decomposition of organic material, enabling the recycling of nutrients throughout ecosystems.

Even a trace of alkali will cause chemical decomposition and containers need to treated with acid to remove any traces of alkali.

Heat or ionizing irradiation can be used to kill the bacteria that cause decomposition.

"If it was running the heat would have caused more decomposition."

The mixing of saturated waters with different equilibrium solubility concentrations can also cause further decomposition of calcite (Fig. 6.8).

The bacteria that cause decomposition produce alcohol as a byproduct.