| 释义 |
turbidite Geol.|ˈtɜːbɪdaɪt|
[f. turbidity + -ite1.]
A sediment or rock deposited, or presumed to have been deposited, by a turbidity current. Hence turbiˈditic a.
1957P. H. Kuenen in Jrnl. Geol. LXV. 231/1 The term ‘turbidite’ for all deposits of turbidity currents is more appropriate, and the writer accepts this verbal suggestion of C. P. M. Frijlinck. 1973Nature 9 Feb. 389/2 The lowest (Unit I)..has at the base a phyllitic formation..followed by turbiditic sandstones. 1977A. Hallam Planet Earth 204/1 The thick clastics and turbidites of the upper Devonian of the Yukon seem to be derived from an oceanic zone of uplift. |