Definition of Turbidites

1. Noun. (plural of turbidite) ¹

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Definition of Turbidites

1. turbidite [n] - See also: turbidite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Turbidites

turbaries
turbary
turbellaria
turbellarian
turbellarians
turbellarias
turbeth
turbeths
turbid
turbidimeter
turbidimeters
turbidimetric
turbidimetries
turbidimetry
turbidite
turbidites (current term)
turbiditic
turbidities
turbidity
turbidity current
turbidly
turbidness
turbidnesses
turbidometric
turbidometry
turbillion
turbillions
turbimetric
turbinaceous
turbinado

Literary usage of Turbidites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United Arab Emirates: A New Perspective by Ibrahim Abed, Peter Hellyer (2001)
"turbidites and radiolarian cherts make up much of the ... The volumetrically greater calcareous turbidites dominated deposition closest to the Arabian ..."

2. The Seismic Risk in the San Diego Region: Special Focus on the Rose Canyon edited by Glenn Roquemore (1997)
"1b, 2, 3, and 7). faults drag, apparent in the flat-lying ponded turbidites of the Ensenada Trough adjacent to the fault (Fig. 7, Line B-27), shows normal ..."

3. Proceedings of Conference LXII, 8th Joint Meeting of the U. S. Japan by R. L. Wesson (1995)
"At four drilling stations, we estimate the ages of some 20 turbidites within 3 ... fall in the time windows of the estimated ages of turbidites. ..."

4. Abstracts of the Eighth International Conference on Geochronology by Marvin A. Lanphere, G. Brent Dalrymple, Brent D. Turrin (1994)
"Early Silurian turbidites («Nd = -7 to -8) may represent the arrival of distal ... Middle Ordovician turbidites of the Sevier basin (Tellico Formation) in ..."

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