bioturbation
English
editEtymology
editFrom bio- + Latin turbātiō (“disturbance; confusion”).
Noun
editbioturbation (countable and uncountable, plural bioturbations)
- (geology) The mixing of soil or sediment by living organisms.
- 2012, Wilfried Michaelis, Estuarine Water Quality Management: Monitoring, Modelling and Research, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 168:
- If bioturbation is not present, the newly deposited material stays at the bed surface.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editthe mixing of soil or sediment by living organisms
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