Turbidite - Wikipedia
Turbidites are sediments which are transported and deposited by density flow, not by tractional or frictional flow. The distinction is that, in a normal river or stream bed, particles of rock are carried along by frictional drag of water on the particle (known as tractional flow).
Turbidite | Submarine Canyon, Sedimentation, Turbidity Currents ...
turbidite, a type of sedimentary rock composed of layered particles that grade upward from coarser to finer sizes and are thought to have originated from ancient turbidity currents in the oceans.
Turbidites - Geosciences LibreTexts
Turbidites are subaqueous flows that begin with a slope failure. As sediment builds up and the slope gets steeper and steeper, and earthquake or simply oversteepening of the slope can cause a submarine debris flow, ie a turbidity current.
1.6: 6. Turbidites and Stratigraphy - Geosciences LibreTexts
Turbidites are subaqueous flows that start out with a very high sediment load and decrease in time to more normal flows. They have characteristic sedimentary structures associated with them that reflect these changes.
Turbidite - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
A turbidite is defined as a deep-marine graded sandstone bed deposited by turbidity currents, which are subaqueous sediment gravity flows triggered by catastrophic events like floods, transporting a large amount of sediment into oceanic deep-marine environments. You might find these chapters and articles relevant to this topic.
Turbidity currents and turbidites – Geology is the Way
Turbidity currents are underwater gravity flows triggered by the mobilization of sediments on a slope. These phenomena are common in deep marine environments close to the continental scarp, but can occur also in lakes and coastal environments or be associated with carbonatic sedimentation in deep water basins close to reefs.
How is a turbidite actually deposited? | Science Advances - AAAS
Jan 19, 2022 · Our study indicates that the role of intermittent bypass and erosion extends down to the internal scale of a single turbidite, with obvious important implications for the geological understanding of turbidites and the source-to-sink sediment transfer modeling studies.
Turbidites - SpringerLink
Jan 1, 2013 · Turbidites are the deposits of turbidity currents, which are gravity-driven turbid suspensions of fluid (usually water) and sediment. They form a class of subaqueous sediment gravity flow (see Gravity-Driven Mass Flows) in which the suspended sediment is supported during transport largely or wholly by fluid turbulence. Turbidites range in grain ...
Turbidites - SpringerLink
Jan 1, 2016 · Turbidites are the most common and archetypal deposits forming deep-marine clastic systems at the base of a slope along continental margins – together with related gravity-flow deposits and hemipelagic and pelagic sediments.
Sedimentary structures: Turbidites - Geological Digressions
Apr 9, 2020 · Here are some annotated, close-up outcrop images showing details of sedimentary structures commonly found in turbidites. In each image, I have used the iconic Bouma Sequence notation (A through E intervals); reference is made to the Lowe Model (used for coarse-grained, commonly gravelly turbidites), and the Stow Model for fine, mud-silt ...