Meanings
nounturbation (countable and uncountable, plural turbations)
plural turbations
- countableuncountablegeographyThe mixing of soil or sediment, especially pedoturbation.
With the onset of the rainy season, swelling closes the cracks, more rapidly in the upper horizons than further down. Trapped material eventually expands inside the soil body causing distortion, convulsion, and churning of the mass (turbation).
1980, Hans Jenny, “Swelling, Shrinking, and their Turbations”, in The Soil Resource: Origin and Behavior, page 157
Origin
- Latinturbātiō, turbātiōnem“disturbance; confusion”
- Englishturbation
From Latin turbātiō, turbātiōnem (“disturbance; confusion”).
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