turbidite
turbidite noun: any sedimentary deposit formed by a turbidity current.
Noun
turbidite (countable and uncountable, plural turbidites)
- Any sedimentary deposit formed by a turbidity current.
- 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.2000, Gerhard Einsele, Sedimentary Basins: Evolution, Facies, and Sediment Budget, page 221
- 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.2007, Bernhard Hubmann, Fossil Corals and Sponges: Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera, Graz 2003
Forms of turbidite
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Origin of turbidite
From turbid + -ite.
Words formed from turbidite
Questions about turbidite
- What does turbidite mean?
- Turbidite means any sedimentary deposit formed by a turbidity current.
- What part of speech is turbidite?
- Turbidite is a noun.
- What is the plural of turbidite?
- The plural of turbidite is turbidites.
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