Meaning of turbidite | Babel Free

Definitions

Any sedimentary deposit formed by a turbidity current.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“As with siliciclastic turbidites, the maximum thickness of an individual bed is commonly not attained in the neighborhood of the source area, but at some distance downcurrent (Fig. 5.16b); then it decreases distally.”

“They are regarded as distal turbidites and are interbedded with bioclastic limestones and massive breccioid limestones containing blocks of coral colonies and intraclasts that are regarded as proximal turbidites.”

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