Animal burrowing and associated formation of large desiccation cracks as factors of a rapid restoration of soil cover in flooded farmlands

Kazanci N., Emre O., Alcicek M.

ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY, vol.40, no.8, pp.964-967, 2001 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 40 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2001
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s002540100258
  • Journal Name: ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.964-967
  • Keywords: mudcracks, bioturbation, flooding, River Filyos, Turkey
  • Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The burrowing activity of annelids controls the spatial pattern and rapid formation of large desiccation cracks in the river flood-derived mud cover in recently inundated farmland areas in northwestern Anatolia, Turkey. The phenomenon is confirmed by laboratory experiments imitating the natural floodplain conditions.