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Geologic deposit of a turbidity current
A turbidite is the geologic deposit of a turbidity current, which is a type of amalgamation of fluidal and sediment gravity flow responsible for distributing
Turbidite
Underwater current of sediment-laden water moving downslope
water column. The sedimentary deposit of a turbidity current is called a turbidite. Seafloor turbidity currents are often the result of sediment-laden river
Turbidity_current
Turbidite Hill (82°1′S 157°45′E / 82.017°S 157.750°E / -82.017; 157.750) is a low nunatak that lies four nautical miles (7 km) east of Laird Plateau
Turbidite_Hill
Sedimentary structures in sandstone beds deposited by high-density turbidity currents
The Lowe sequence describes a set of sedimentary structures in turbidite sandstone beds that are deposited by high-density turbidity currents. It is intended
Lowe_sequence
Extensive deep-sea channel of the Pacific Ocean
transparent pelagic and hemipelagic sediment, which horizontally deposited turbidites covered. During late Pleistocene glaciation and the lowering of sea level
Cascadia_Channel
Country north of the Caribbean
such as Great Bahama Canyon with the evidence of turbidity currents and turbidite deposition. The stratigraphy of the islands consists of the Middle Pleistocene
The_Bahamas
Sedimentary structures found on the bases of certain strata
and paleocurrent indicators. Sole markings are found most commonly in turbidite deposits, but are also often seen in modern river beds and tidal channels
Sole_markings
Oceanic trench part of the Pacific Ring of Fire off northeast Japan
the deposition of fine-grained turbidites and interseismic sediment deposits through turbidity currents. These turbidites preserve the sediment deposits
Japan_Trench
Set of structures in sediments or sedimentary rocks
Bouma [nl], 1932–2011) describes a classic set of sedimentary structures in turbidite beds deposited by turbidity currents at the bottoms of lakes, oceans and
Bouma_sequence
Rock formed by the deposition and cementation of particles
and silt. The rock sequence formed by a turbidity current is called a turbidite. The coast is an environment dominated by wave action. At a beach, dominantly
Sedimentary_rock
Landslides that transport sediment across the continental shelf and into the deep ocean
Conglomerate rock located at Point Reyes, California. Deposited by a submarine landslide, the rock is an example of a turbidite.
Submarine_landslide
Eurasian sea northeast of the Mediterranean
terrigenous non-carbonate silts, and at the foot of the continental slope turbidite sediments. The Black Sea is the world's largest body of water with a meromictic
Black_Sea
Sedimentary deposit produced by thermohaline-induced deepwater bottom currents
They did this to emphasise the difference between these deposits and turbidites in order to explain the ubiquitous smoothness and lack of irregularities
Contourite
Type of sedimentary rock
Marine clay pelagic red clay Marine regression transgression Pelagic turbidite contourite hemipelagite Salt tectonics Sedimentary basin Tidal bundle
Sandstone
Sediment transport mechanism
so-called "traction carpets" in the lower intervals of some high-density turbidites. Liquefied flow deposits are characterized by de-watering features, such
Sediment_gravity_flow
deposited by mineral springs Tufa – Porous variety of limestone rock Turbidite – Geologic deposit of a turbidity current Wackestone – Mud-supported carbonate
List_of_rock_types
Oceanic trench off the east coast of New Zealand
of New Zealand. It has been forming for about 25 million years and is turbidite-filled, particularly in its south. This characteristic can be used to
Hikurangi_Trough
The oldest rocks are in the Scotland Formation and include Eocene age turbidite and radiolarites. This unit is 4.5 kilometers thick from the sea floor
Geology_of_Barbados
billion barrels of petroleum are thought to be a result of pinch-out of turbidite beds. A pinch-out is distinct from a shale-out, which is a structural
Pinch-out
Scientific study of Earth's physical composition
reconstruction of geological surfaces: An example of growth strata and turbidite systems from the Ainsa basin (Pyrenees, Spain)". AAPG Bulletin. 88 (8):
Geology
Country in West Africa
agreement, to begin drilling its next selected site, the Fatala Cenomanian turbidite fan prospect. Among the attractions in Guinea are the waterfalls found
Guinea
First period of the Mesozoic Era
Qiangtang may never have fully closed, but was filled with Permo-Triassic turbidites preserved in the West Kunlun and Bayanhar belts of the Central China orogenic
Triassic
Geological group in Mid Wales
comprises several hundred metres thickness of mudstone and sandstone turbidites laid down in the marine Welsh Basin during the Llandovery epoch of the
Aberystwyth_Grits_Group
Trace fossil
Marine softground, impure sands and silts Deeper water, bottom of shelf; turbidite facies Nereites Nereites, Megagrapton, Protopaleodictyon, Spirophycus
Ichnofacies
Natural processes removing soil and rock
from the continents and shallow marine environments to the deep sea. Turbidites, which are the sedimentary deposits resulting from turbidity currents
Erosion
crust around the island is about 120 million years old. Volcaniclastic turbidite deposits 140 kilometers offshore to the southeast indicate that Bermuda
Geology_of_Bermuda
Type of sediment deposit
of these subaqueous fans include several elongated lobes consisting of turbidite deposits and dendritic terminations. After extensive comparison with the
Subaqueous_fan
Accumulated material on seafloor
rocks. Turbidites were first recognised in the 1950s and the first facies model was developed by Bouma in 1962. Since that time, turbidites have been
Marine_sediment
Abyssal plain in the Canary Basin
composition, the turbidites have been divided into three groups. First, there are a group of organic-rich turbidites. These turbidites represent organic-rich
Madeira_Abyssal_Plain
metamorphic basement rocks, overlain by extensive sandstone, limestone, turbidites and some volcanic rocks. The region experienced complicated tectonics
Geology_of_Thailand
Geologic formation in Spain
resulting from Europe's collision with Africa. The basin is filled with turbidites and evaporites of the Tortonian-Messinian ages of the Miocene Epoch. It
Sorbas_Basin
African submarine canyon at the end of the Congo River
other submarine mass movements, but also represents a very large active turbidite system. Although there exists a net up-canyon bottom current due to upwelling
Congo_Canyon
Oil fields controlled by the same geological circumstances
also be a broad category of possible reservoirs or rock types, as in the turbidite play of offshore Angola or the carbonate play in the East Java Sea, or
Petroleum_play
Hard, fine-grained sedimentary rock composed of cryptocrystalline silica
anoxic environment. Bedded chert is most often found in association with turbidites, deep water limestone, submarine volcanic rock, ophiolites, and mélanges
Chert
Island in Indonesia and Timor-Leste
could act as high-quality source rocks. Jurassic marine shoreface and turbidite sands of the Plover and Militia Formations are proven reservoirs in the
Timor
Type of sedimentary rock
(Globigerina ooze) to silicic mud lacking carbonates. In rare cases, turbidites or other silica-rich sediments bury and preserve benthic (deep ocean)
Limestone
Coral reef system in Queensland, Australia
erosion of the Great Dividing Range; creating river deltas, oozes and turbidites, unsuitable conditions for coral growth. 10 million years ago, the sea
Great_Barrier_Reef
Geologic formation in California, United States
non-marine (alluvial fan), shallow marine, slope and basin floor fan turbidites. The formation is very fossiliferous with common macro-fossils, such as
Budden_Canyon_Formation
Pieces of clay or mud removed by currents
rip-up clasts. Shale rip-up clasts are often found at the base of sandy turbidites, in lag deposits at the base of channelized sandstones, and associated
Rip-up_clasts
Italian geologist (born 1933)
contributions to petroleum geosciences, especially to sedimentary dynamics of turbidites and their reservoir characterisation. He was a professor at University
Emiliano_Mutti
oldest rocks date to the Middle Eocene and include basalts overlain by turbidite deposits. During the Oligocene and Miocene, these rocks were folded and
Geology_of_Grenada
Channels in the sea floor formed by fast-flowing turbidity currents
build-up of the surrounding abyssal plains. Submarine channels and the turbidite systems which form them are responsible for the accumulation of most sandstone
Abyssal_channel
Silt deposition landform at the mouth of a river
the basin bottom as a density current that deposits its sediments as turbidites. When the river water is less dense than the basin water, as is typical
River_delta
Depressed block of planetary crust bordered by parallel normal faults
Carlota (1999). "Tectonic and sediment supply control of deep rift lake turbidite systems: Lake Baikal, Russia". Geology. 27 (2): 163–166. Bibcode:1999Geo
Graben
Underwater geological structures associated with large-scale sediment deposition
series of graded sediments of sand, silt and mud, which are known as turbidites, as described by the Bouma sequence. List of oceanic landforms Gluyas
Abyssal_fan
Particulate solid matter deposited on a planetary surface
depositional environment which is a mixture of fluvial and marine is the turbidite system, which is a major source of sediment to the deep sedimentary and
Sediment
Apennine foreland basin
formation. The lithology of all three units consists of siliciclastic marine turbidites. These had the tendency to deposit in lobes and today, many of these lobes
Laga_Basin
National park in Washington, United States
The park is known for its unique turbidites. It has very exposed turbidities with white calcite veins. Turbidites are rocks or sediments that travel
Olympic_National_Park
Coastal sedimentary basin of Brazil
Formation follow, then the Namorado turbidite sandstones, and finally the Campos Formation, consisting of the turbidite sandstone Carapebus Member and the
Campos_Basin
Type of sedimentary rock sequence
rapidly moving sedimentary flows called turbidity currents, resulting in turbidite deposits. As the basin fills up, shallow-water sandstones and continental
Flysch
Overview article
and pelitic rocks, thus suggesting a shelf depositional environment. Turbidite facies and argillaceous rocks are prominent in the upper Jharol group
Tectonic evolution of the Aravalli Mountains
Tectonic_evolution_of_the_Aravalli_Mountains
Highest mountain in the Americas
Horcones Valley and south of Puente Del Inca, are carbonates, limestones, turbidites and evaporates that filled this basin. The red-colored rocks are intrusions
Aconcagua
Area of ancient rocks in northwest Canada
craton dominated by ~2.73–2.63 Ga (billion years-old) greenstones and turbidite sequences and ~2.72–2.58 Ga plutonic rocks, with large parts of the craton
Slave_Craton
Region of active deformation between colliding tectonic plates
against the overriding lithosphere. These sediments include igneous crust, turbidite sediments, and pelagic sediments. Imbricate thrust faulting along a basal
Convergent_boundary
Foreland basin
The Ozona is composed of 4 main lithofacies: thick-bedded turbidites, thin-bedded turbidites, mudstone and conglomeratic mudstone Thick and thinly bedded
Val_Verde_Basin
Underwater valley in the Atlantic Ocean
A.H.; Normark, W.R.; Barnes, N.E. (eds.). Submarine Fans and Related Turbidite Systems. Frontiers in Sedimentary Geology. New York: Springer. pp. 137–142
Laurentian_Fan
Late Paleozoic-early Mesozoic stratigraphic unit in Africa
troughs. Here it is buried in the turbidite and turns into hydrocarbons, particularly petroleum and gas. The turbidites in the Ecca formation of the Tanqua
Karoo_Supergroup
Cultural and historic land of the Basque people
Limestone, and the Upper Albian-Cenomanian Supra-Urgonian Complex of deep turbidites and fluvial siliciclastic sediments. Siderite occurs in the Urgonian limestone
Basque Country (greater region)
Basque_Country_(greater_region)
Mountain in Washington, USA
clastic wedge material and oceanic crust, primarily Eocene sandstone, turbidite, and basaltic oceanic crust. The mountains were sculpted during the Pleistocene
Welch_Peaks
Mountain in Jefferson (county) Washington (state), United States
clastic wedge material and oceanic crust, primarily Eocene sandstone, turbidite, and basaltic oceanic crust. The mountains were sculpted during the Pleistocene
Mount_Townsend_(Washington)
Hill in Shropshire, England
countryside and Shrewsbury itself. Haughmond Hill is made up of ancient turbidite sediments from the late Precambrian era which once cascaded off the edge
Haughmond_Hill
Mountain range in Central and Eastern Europe
made of several thin skinned nappes composed of Cretaceous to Paleogene turbidites. Thrusting of the Flysch nappes over the Carpathian foreland caused the
Carpathian_Mountains
Trace fossil
is typically associated with deep marine muds and sands, often between turbidite beds. It is known from both the fossil record and deep sea sediment cores
Zoophycos
Sedimentary rock which has a grain size in the silt range
medium (air or water) and accumulate on the surface. They are found in turbidite sequences, in deltas, in glacial deposits, and in miogeosynclinal settings
Siltstone
Basin surrounding Nauru
of many different islands and seamounts. Wōdejebato is one source of turbidites in the Nauru Basin. Pringle, Malcolm S.; Sager, William W.; Sliter, William
Nauru_Basin
sequence that formed on the Avalonian continental margin, composed mainly of turbidites. Between the two, the Borrowdale Volcanic Group consists of tuffs erupted
Windermere_Supergroup
subduction. The sedimentation shows transition from deep marine mudstones and turbidites in the Paleogene to shallow marine sandstones, deltaic fluvial and carbonates
Geological_history_of_Borneo
Sandstone with angular grains in a clay-fine matrix
volume. The origin of greywacke was unknown until turbidity currents and turbidites were understood, since, according to the normal laws of sedimentation
Greywacke
Mountain in Washington (state), United States
clastic wedge material and oceanic crust, primarily Eocene sandstone, turbidite, and basaltic oceanic crust. The mountains were sculpted during the Pleistocene
Mount_Pershing
turbidite sandstone and sub-reefal limestone. In Srednogorie, they form a sizeable nappe with phyllite, amphibolite, calcareous schist and turbidites
Geology_of_Bulgaria
Mount in the Nicobar Islands
from 1861 to 1878. The mountain is composed of parallel ridges of folded turbidite sandstone. The hill is thought to have arisen due to tectonic activity
Mount_Thullier
Geological formations in Morocco
turbidite deposits, sometimes large coral colonies form early patch reefs. Marls contain fine lamination, terrigenous detritus, and distal turbidite layers
Tafraout_Group
Trace fossil
(Nereites ichnofacies) since the Late Jurassic, such as well-oxygenated turbidites. More generally Ophiomorpha and other crustacean-generated burrows first
Ophiomorpha
Mountain in Washington (state), United States
clastic wedge material and oceanic crust, primarily Eocene sandstone, turbidite, and basaltic oceanic crust. The mountains were sculpted during the Pleistocene
Unicorn Peak (Olympic Mountains)
Unicorn_Peak_(Olympic_Mountains)
Plate boundary zone between the African Plate and the Anatolian Plate
surface. Proven reservoir analogues include Lower Miocene deep-water turbidite sands—similar to those exploited in the nearby Tamar and Leviathan fields—while
Latakia_Ridge
Earthquake in the Sea of Marmara
but also caused by seafloor landslides triggered by the earthquake. A turbidite bed whose deposition matches the date of the earthquake has been recognised
1509 Constantinople earthquake
1509_Constantinople_earthquake
Former lake in the state of California, United States
Carquinez Strait, probably catastrophically, and drained the lake. The Upper Turbidite Unit of the Monterey submarine fan may have formed soon after this outflow
Lake_Corcoran
Extinct genus of corcoraniid arthropod
the underlying Saint-Damase Formation represents more energetic cyclic turbidite systems. The formation is currently dated to the Furongian, more precisely
Magnicornaspis
Mountain in Washington (state), United States
clastic wedge material and oceanic crust, primarily Eocene sandstone, turbidite, and basaltic oceanic crust. The mountains were sculpted during the Pleistocene
Mount_Mystery
Middle Devonian age unit of sedimentary rock
particles remained suspended longer in this epeiric sea, flowing offshore as turbidites in a slow but persistent underwater avalanche. They finally came to rest
Marcellus_Formation
Genus of single-celled organisms
was the first known infaunal xenophyophore. Occultammina is found at turbidite facies in today's oceans. Occultammina is an exceptionally large single-celled
Occultammina
Cape in Northern California
million years) and was deposited as deep-water sediment gravity flows (turbidites and debris flows), likely in a submarine canyon complex. Approximately
Point_Reyes
Mountain in Washington (state), United States
clastic wedge material and oceanic crust, primarily Eocene sandstone, turbidite, and basaltic oceanic crust. The mountains were sculpted during the Pleistocene
Woden_(The_Valhallas)
Mountain in Washington (state), United States
clastic wedge material and oceanic crust, primarily Eocene sandstone, turbidite, and basaltic oceanic crust. The mountains were sculpted during the Pleistocene
Ruth_Peak
Rock composed of angular fragments
grabens. Sedimentary breccia may be formed by submarine debris flows. Turbidites occur as fine-grained peripheral deposits to sedimentary breccia flows
Breccia
Mixing between soil horizons which becomes a catalyst in soil formation
causes localized disruption of soils. Because it does not result in mixing between soil horizons, it is not considered pedoturbation. Turbidite v t e
Perturbation_(geology)
National Park in the US Virgin Islands
evidenced by the Late Cretaceous Tutu Formation, consisting of volcaniclastic turbidites, basalt, and andesite. A diabase dike swarm followed and then compressive
Virgin_Islands_National_Park
Mountain in Washington (state), United States
clastic wedge material and oceanic crust, primarily Eocene sandstone, turbidite, and basaltic oceanic crust. The mountains were sculpted during the Pleistocene
Mount_Claywood
Geological formation in Morocco
between these members is often marked by a distinctive layer of organogenic turbidites, notably the "Calcaires à Cancellophycus", which forms a prominent brown
Agoudim_Formation
Artificial lake in Italy
slope of Monte Gatta, are a peculiar erosive morphology deepened in the turbidite sandstones of the Castiglione dei Pepoli Formation. The alternation between
Lake_Brasimone
Hill range in north Wales
The summit of Moel Famau is strewn with Turbidite
Clwydian_Range
Ancient Tsunami on Lake Geneva
collapse of sediments on the lake bed. The team found a giant fan of turbidite – a mixture of sand and mud deposited by a rapid flow of water – spread
Tauredunum_event
Group of rocks in Shropshire, England
coarsening occurs with increased terrigenous input from the continent. Turbidites are observed and deltas form latterly with alluvial plains with occasional
Stretton_Group
Archaeological formation in Newfoundland, Canada
out on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland, dominated by deep marine turbidite deposits. Approximate age data from the middle of the group date it to
Connecting_Point_Group
Holocene climate period during which northern Africa was wetter than today
discharge of the Nile led to the cessation of sapropel deposition and turbidite activity off its delta, the concentration/ abandonment of river channels
African_humid_period
Mountain in Washington (state), United States
clastic wedge material and oceanic crust, primarily Eocene sandstone, turbidite, and basaltic oceanic crust. The mountains were sculpted during the Pleistocene
Mount_Anderson_(Washington)
Type of layering in sediment or sedimentary rock
during rapid depositional events. They are perhaps best represented in turbidite strata, where they indicate a sudden strong current that deposits heavy
Graded_bedding
Geologic group in Ireland
mudstones with occasional green beds. Turbidite structures are locally prominent and the unit is dominantly a distal turbidite succession. Intercalated volcanic
Ribband_Group
Eocene geologic formation in California
the base of sandy turbidites, such as the Cozy Dell Lowe sequence: describes a set of sedimentary structures found in some turbidite sandstone beds Wikimedia
Cozy_Dell_Shale
Life of the Ediacaran period
to find Ediacaran fossils under sandy beds deposited by storms or in turbidites formed by high-energy bottom-scraping ocean currents. Soft-bodied organisms
Ediacaran_biota
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Lord Shiva
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Jealous; Sri Radha
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