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bioturbating

bioturbating is the present participle and gerund of bioturbate.

Meaning of bioturbate

Verb

bioturbate (third-person singular simple present bioturbates, present participle bioturbating, simple past and past participle bioturbated)

  1. To rework and mix soils or other sediments.
    • Basin and regional scale capture of labile substrates into bioturbated deposits can be generally demonstrated, for example, along the highly productive Cape Hatteras continental margin.2019 June 25, Robert C. Aller, J. Kirk Cochran, “The Critical Role of Bioturbation for Particle Dynamics, Priming Potential, and Organic C Remineralization in Marine Sediments: Local and Basin...

Questions about bioturbating

What is bioturbating the present participle and gerund of?
Bioturbating is the present participle and gerund of bioturbate.

Words near bioturbating in the dictionary

  1. biotruths
  2. biots
  3. bioturbate
  4. bioturbated
  5. bioturbates
  6. bioturbating
  7. bioturbation
  8. bioturbational
  9. bioturbations
  10. bioturbator
  11. bioturbators

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