turbidite

plural turbidites

1. countableuncountablegeographyAny sedimentary deposit formed by a turbidity current.

   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

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   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