bioturbation

English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ Latin turbātiō (“disturbance; confusion”).

Noun

bioturbation (countable and uncountable, plural bioturbations)

1. (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

• bioturbational
• bioturbatory

Translations

the mixing of soil or sediment by living organisms

• Catalan: bioturbació m
• Czech: bioturbace (cs) f
• Dutch: bioturbatie f
• Finnish: bioturbaatio
• Irish: bithchumhscú m
• Italian: bioturbazione f
• Slovak: bioturbácia f