bioturbation
English
Etymology
bio- + Latin turbātiō (“disturbance; confusion”)
Noun
bioturbation (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, →ISBN:
- If bioturbation is not present, the newly deposited material stays at the bed surface.
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Derived terms
- bioturbational
- bioturbatory
Translations
the mixing of soil or sediment by living organisms
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