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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The mixing of soil or sediment by living organisms. countable, uncountable

   "If bioturbation is not present, the newly deposited material stays at the bed surface."

Example

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"If bioturbation is not present, the newly deposited material stays at the bed surface."

Etymology

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

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