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Record 1 2025-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
  • Paleontology
  • Physical Geography (General)
  • Animal Behaviour
DEF

A former animal burrow in one soil horizon that has become filled with organic matter or material from another horizon.

CONT

Many of the tunnels are completely filled with sediments that have been washed in after the abandoning of the tunnel by the digging mammal. Such filled tunnels are called crotovines ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
  • Paléontologie
  • Géographie physique (Généralités)
  • Comportement animal
DEF

Ancienne galerie creusée par un animal dans un horizon du sol et qui s’est remplie de matières organiques ou de matériaux d’un autre horizon.

CONT

Il est intéressant de noter que les krotovines ne sont pas affectées par la structure lamellaire et sont donc postérieures à la phase de gel/dégel qui est à l’origine de cette structure.

Spanish

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