Definition of TURBIDITE

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Recent Examples on the Web Nowadays, the bigger the storm, the bigger the grain size of the resultant turbidite. — The Economist, "PalaeoclimatologyTraces of old hurricanes show how hard climate science is," 19 Oct. 2017 Thus, Dr Toomey argues, these particular turbidites must have been formed, as similar deposits are today, by hurricanes. — The Economist, "PalaeoclimatologyTraces of old hurricanes show how hard climate science is," 19 Oct. 2017 Dr Toomey looked in the cores for layers of turbidite, a rock that forms when sediment gets disturbed, flows down marine slopes and is deposited as a jumbled mess on the ocean floor. — The Economist, "PalaeoclimatologyTraces of old hurricanes show how hard climate science is," 19 Oct. 2017 Check out these strikingly rhythmic turbidite beds. — Brian Romans, WIRED, "Friday Field Foto #28: Thin-bedded turbidites," 30 Aug. 2007

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“Turbidite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turbidite. Accessed 25 Feb. 2020.

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