turbidite
See also: turbidité
English
A turbidite outcropping in Italy
Etymology
turbid + -ite
Noun
turbidite (plural turbidites)
- (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.
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Derived terms
- calciturbidite
- turbiditic
Related terms
- turbidity
Translations
sedimentary deposit formed by a turbidity current
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