any sediment or rock deposited by a turbidity current
Word origin
turbid + -ite1
turbidite in American English
(ˈtɜːrbɪˌdait)
noun
Geology
a sedimentary deposit laid down by a turbidity current
Word origin
[1955–60; turbid + -ite1]This word is first recorded in the period 1955–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: geodesic dome, life-support, new wave, opioid, rollout-ite is a suffix of nouns denoting esp. persons associated with a place, tribe, leader,doctrine, system, etc. (Campbellite; Israelite; laborite); minerals and fossils (ammonite; anthracite); explosives (cordite; dynamite); chemical compounds, esp. salts of acids whose names end in -ous (phosphite; sulfite); pharmaceutical and commercial products (vulcanite); a member or component of a part of the body (somite)
Examples of 'turbidite' in a sentence
turbidite
In the studied area two main turbidite systems occur.
Moreno, C. 1988, 'Dispositivos turbidíticos sincrónicos en el Carbonífero Inferior dela Faja Piritica Iberica (zona Sur-Portuguesa)', Estudios Geologicoshttp://estudiosgeol.revistas.csic.es/index.php/estudiosgeol/article/view/541/562. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Four lithological units were identified, namely, mud, volcanic, turbidite and sapropel.
A. SIOULAS, CH. ANAGNOSTOU, A.P. KARAGEORGIS, C.D. GARBE-SCHONBERG 2000, 'Geochemical characteristics of late Quaternary sediments from the southern AegeanSea (Eastern Mediterranean)', Mediterranean Marine Sciencehttps://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/view/12266. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The clastic material was transported by turbidite flows.
R. I. Zainullin 2017, 'Composition and distinctive features of Lower Devonian volcaniclastic sediments formationof the West-Magnitogorsk zone, the Southern Urals', Литосфераhttps://test.lithosphere.ru/jour/article/view/82. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
About two-thirds of the high-density turbidite sandstones were remobilised and injected into the surrounding mud-rock.
Morten Bjerager, Claus Kjøller, Mette Olivarius, Dan Olsen, Niels H. Schovsbo 2018, 'Petroleum geology of the Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous of East and North-EastGreenland: Blokelv-1 borehole, Jameson Land Basin: Sedimentology, geochemistry andreservoir properties of Upper Jurassic deep marine sediments (Hareelv Formation) inthe Blokelv-1 borehole, Jameson Land Basin, East Greenland', Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletinhttps://eng.geus.dk/media/20465/nr42_p039-064.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Radiocarbon dating implies a turbidite recurrence interval of about 300 yr.
L. Drab, A. Hubert Ferrari, S. Schmidt, P. Martinez 2012, 'The earthquake sedimentary record in the western part of the Sea of Marmara, Turkey',Natural Hazards and Earth System Scienceshttp://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/12/1235/2012/nhess-12-1235-2012.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Recent field observations of the statistical distribution of turbidite and debris flow deposits are discussed.
D. H. Rothman, J. P. Grotzinger 1995, 'Scaling properties of gravity-driven sediments', Nonlinear Processes in Geophysicshttp://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/2/178/1995/npg-2-178-1995.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The systematic description of each turbidite enables us to infer the triggering mechanism.
H. Pouderoux, G. Lamarche, J.-N. Proust 2012, 'Building an 18 000-year-long paleo-earthquake record from detailed deep-sea turbiditecharacterisation in Poverty Bay, New Zealand', Natural Hazards and Earth System Scienceshttp://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/12/2077/2012/nhess-12-2077-2012.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
They provide new and valuable information for age determination and correlation within this turbidite unit in the type-area.
STEFANO TORRICELLI 2001, 'DINOFLAGELLATE CYST STRATIGRAPHY OF THE LOWER CRETACEOUS MONTE SORO FLYSCH IN SICILY(S ITALY)', Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafiahttps://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/5425. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)