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A turbidite outcropping in Italy

Noun

turbidite ‎(plural turbidites)

1. (geology) Any sedimentary deposit formed by a turbidity current.
   • 1934, Gerald E. Schultz, Geology and Paleontology of a Late Pleistocene Basin in Southwest Kansas, page 232:

     Most of the structures and textures observed at Ponkapoag section have been noted in turbitite and flysch sequences.

   • 2000, Gerhard Einsele, Sedimentary Basins: Evolution, Facies, and Sediment Budget, page 221:

     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.

   • 2007, Bernhard Hubmann, Fossil Corals and Sponges: Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera, Graz 2003:

     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.

Derived terms

• calciturbidite
• turbiditic

Related terms

• turbidity

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