bioturbation

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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.

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