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Disturbance vs Cryoturbation - What's the difference?

disturbance | cryoturbation |

As nouns the difference between disturbance and cryoturbation

is that disturbance is the act of disturbing, being disturbed while cryoturbation is (geology) any of several forms of disturbances within soils and subsoils as a result of freeze–thaw processes in periglacial conditions.

disturbance

English

(wikipedia disturbance)

Alternative forms

* disturbaunce

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of disturbing, being disturbed.
  • Something that disturbs.
    • That guy causes a lot of trouble, you know, he's such a disturbance .
  • An interruption of that which is normal or regular.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Donald Worster , title=A Drier and Hotter Future , volume=100, issue=1, page=70 , magazine= citation , passage=Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.}}
  • (psychology) A serious mental imbalance or illness.

    • Antonyms

    * calmness

    cryoturbation

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia cryoturbation) (en noun)
  • (geology) Any of several forms of disturbances within soils and subsoils as a result of freeze–thaw processes in periglacial conditions