Carbon sequestration takes place only if burial rates by sediment are greater than the long term rates of erosion, bioturbation, and decomposition.
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A-horizons may also be the result of a combination of soil bioturbation and surface processes that winnow fine particles from biologically mounded topsoil.
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It is also important to figure in bioturbation and the constant mixing of this material which can change the relative importance of each respiration pathway.
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In geology, mottled refers to a patchy / blotch texture of alteration or interbedding, commonly found in limestone and commonly caused by bioturbation.
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However, bioturbation, including burrowing animals, frost cracks, etc ., can reverse the structural timeline of an earthen mound such as Serpent Mound.
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Bioturbation by burrowing animals results in soil landscapes that are both polygenetic ( having many causes ) and polytemporal ( having been created at many times ).
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Besides exclusion and bioturbation effects of aerobic organisms, Fenchel and Riedl ( 1970 ) pioneered investigations into an unusual fauna inhabiting the suboxic regions of sediment.
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Fossils represented in the Walcott Rust quarry beds reflect a shelf community that developed during times of rather low net sedimentation and minimal bioturbation of the bottom.
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As it formed in an offshore position, in a subtidal wave-influenced environment, bioturbation is important and is translated by cross-bedding structures.
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Therefore, sea cucumbers play a major role in the biological processing of the sea bed ( bioturbation, purge, homogenization of the substratum etc . ).
