单词 | turbidity current |
释义 | > as lemmasturbidity current turbidity current n. an underwater current flowing swiftly downslope owing to the weight of sediment it carries. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > current > [noun] > under-current underwork1610 underflood?1615 undercurrent1684 underset1815 undertow1817 subcurrent1822 underdrift1849 under-draught1853 underflow1854 under-water1859 undercarry1894 underrun1894 turbidity current1939 1939 D. W. Johnson Origin of Submarine Canyons iii. 27 By analogy those [currents] due to turbidity will here be called turbidity currents. 1950 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 58 91/1 The most important types of graded bedding appear to have been produced by the action of turbidity currents of high density on the sea floor. 1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 54/2 An unusual but geologically very important type of suspension deposit is that produced by a turbidity current. < as lemmas |
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