A turbidite is the geologic deposit of a turbidity current, which is a type of amalgamation of fluidal and sediment gravity flow responsible for distributing...

The Ozona is composed of 4 main lithofacies: thick-bedded turbidites, thin-bedded turbidites, mudstone and conglomeratic mudstone Thick and thinly bedded...

water column. The sedimentary deposit of a turbidity current is called a turbidite. Seafloor turbidity currents are often the result of sediment-laden river...

Turbidite Hill (82°1′S 157°45′E / 82.017°S 157.750°E / -82.017; 157.750) is a low nunatak that lies four nautical miles (7 km) east of Laird Plateau...

The Lowe sequence describes a set of sedimentary structures in turbidite sandstone beds that are deposited by high-density turbidity currents. It is intended...

the deposition of fine-grained turbidites and interseismic sediment deposits through turbidity currents. These turbidites preserve the sediment deposits...

when carbonate minerals precipitate out of ambient temperature water Turbidite – Geologic deposit of a turbidity current Wackestone – Mud-supported carbonate...

Conglomerate rock located at Point Reyes, California. Deposited by a submarine landslide, the rock is an example of a turbidite...

They did this to emphasise the difference between these deposits and turbidites in order to explain the ubiquitous smoothness and lack of irregularities...

such as Great Bahama Canyon with the evidence of turbidity currents and turbidite deposition.: 33–40, 65, 72–84, 86  The stratigraphy of the islands consists...

Bouma [nl], 1932–2011) describes a classic set of sedimentary structures in turbidite beds deposited by turbidity currents at the bottoms of lakes, oceans and...

transparent pelagic and hemipelagic sediment, which horizontally deposited turbidites covered. During late Pleistocene glaciation and the lowering of sea level...

and silt. The rock sequence formed by a turbidity current is called a turbidite. The coast is an environment dominated by wave action. At a beach, dominantly...

(Globigerina ooze) to silicic mud lacking carbonates. In rare cases, turbidites or other silica-rich sediments bury and preserve benthic (deep ocean)...

could act as high-quality source rocks. Jurassic marine shoreface and turbidite sands of the Plover and Militia Formations are proven reservoirs in the...

agreement, to begin drilling its next selected site, the Fatala Cenomanian turbidite fan prospect. Among the attractions in Guinea are the waterfalls found...

from the continents and shallow marine environments to the deep sea. Turbidites, which are the sedimentary deposits resulting from turbidity currents...

reconstruction of geological surfaces: An example of growth strata and turbidite systems from the Ainsa basin (Pyrenees, Spain)". AAPG Bulletin. 88 (8):...

against the overriding lithosphere. These sediments include igneous crust, turbidite sediments, and pelagic sediments. Imbricate thrust faulting along a basal...

Marine clay pelagic red clay Marine regression transgression Pelagic turbidite contourite hemipelagite Salt tectonics Sedimentary basin Tidal bundle...

and paleocurrent indicators. Sole markings are found most commonly in turbidite deposits, but are also often seen in modern river beds and tidal channels...

of these subaqueous fans include several elongated lobes consisting of turbidite deposits and dendritic terminations. After extensive comparison with the...

A.H.; Normark, W.R.; Barnes, N.E. (eds.). Submarine Fans and Related Turbidite Systems. Frontiers in Sedimentary Geology. New York: Springer. pp. 137–142...

so-called "traction carpets" in the lower intervals of some high-density turbidites. Liquefied flow deposits are characterized by de-watering features, such...

the basin bottom as a density current that deposits its sediments as turbidites. When the river water is less dense than the basin water, as is typical...

common as has been inferred from the patterns of landslide-generated turbidite deposits in the Agadir Basin north of the Canary Islands. The most recent...

Llundain Formation. These tuffs arose as volcanic ash falls, ash flows and turbidite deposits. Smaller areas of dark grey mudstones interbedded with debris...

made of several thin skinned nappes composed of Cretaceous to Paleogene turbidites. Thrusting of the Flysch nappes over the Carpathian foreland caused the...

collapse of sediments on the lake bed. The team found a giant fan of turbidite – a mixture of sand and mud deposited by a rapid flow of water – spread...

terrigenous non-carbonate silts, and at the foot of the continental slope turbidite sediments. The Black Sea is the world's largest body of water with a meromictic...