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← GeographyWhich outcome arises when significant bioturbation hinders pedogenesis?
A)Diminished soil horizon differentiation✓
B)Enhanced accumulation of clay minerals
C)Accelerated chemical weathering rates
D)Increased soluble salt concentrations
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Diminished soil horizon differentiation occurs because bioturbation, which is soil mixing by organisms, intensely disrupt soil structure, thereby impeding the longer-term horizon development in pedogenesis. Therefore, distinct layers are less defined, rather than developing separate compositions under stable weathering.
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