bioturbation

English

Etymology

From 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, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 168:
  If bioturbation is not present, the newly deposited material stays at the bed surface.

Derived terms

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

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