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Turbidites are sedimentary rocks that are formed by the deposition of sediment carried by a turbidity current. These rocks often contain layers of different particle sizes
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Submarine landslides would occur to form turbidites.
Mapping of turbidites and flysch formations.
The sandstones have been laid down as turbidites.
Turbidites in sediments can occur in carbonate as well as siliciclastic sequences.
Deposits produced by turbidity currents are called turbidites.
Conodonts recorded from the distal turbidites are rare and fragmented.
The more massive beds are interpreted to be lake turbidites.
These Permian turbidites may be good reservoirs.
The park is known for its unique turbidites.
Early Holocene turbidites are found at the STC mouth.
They predominantly comprise turbidites.
Some coeval turbidites of similar composition were deposited in the deeper sub-basins.
Such sediments are called turbidites.
South of the fault, turbidites and conglomerates are present in contact with the basalts.
Relief on the base of turbidites.
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Sediments are mainly turbidites interspersed with oceanic deposits of clay, volcanic ash, and siliceous ooze.
These are all turbidites.
The Upper Devonian witnessed basinal subsidence east of the Rehamna with the sedimentation of turbidites.
This was followed by the deposition of turbidites and finally of fluvio-deltaic sediments.
In many cases the mass transports are represented in the record by turbidites.
This unit consists primarily of sand-rich turbidites that appear to be barren of body fossils.
Rocks formed by the sediments deposited during such events are called turbidites.
Bouma C-D layers of distal turbidites deposited in a levee crevasse splay.
Because of that, it is difficult to distinguish between storm debris and earthquake turbidites.
Unit 1 consists of generally thinly bedded classical turbidites interpreted as lobe facies.
Coarse turbidites reappear, at different times in different areas, during the Late Ordovician.
The type of rocks that form the Insular Mountains are turbidites and pillow lavas.
Turbidites and mass transport deposits in the Semantan Formation ( Middle-Upper Triassic ), central Peninsular Malaysia.
Fore-arc basins are filled with deep marine deposits and thick sequences of turbidites.
Accumulations of sulfide (chalcopyrite, galena, pyrite, sphalerite) nodules in turbidites are found in the area.
The rock found near Narooma includes the Narooma Chert dating from Cambrian times, and turbidites.
At the top of the stratigraphic section are 350 meters of volcanoclastic turbidites.
The uppermost ( Little Vermilion ) Formation is composed entirely of turbidites.
