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CORRELATION OF SOME ATLANTIC TURBIDITES
Author(s) -
BELDERSON R. H.,
LAUGHTO A. S.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
sedimentology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.494
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1365-3091
pISSN - 0037-0746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1966.tb01581.x
Subject(s) - turbidite , geology , abyssal plain , turbidity current , abyssal zone , structural basin , geomorphology , seabed , cape verde , paleontology , oceanography , continental shelf , sedimentary depositional environment , ethnology , history
SUMMARY A study of six gravity cores from an abyssal plain at the western side of the Madeira‐Cape Verde Basin shows that individual turbidites can extend over a distance of at least 35 miles (65 km) in this area of final turbidity current deposition. Cores from the continental rise include relatively thinner turbidites; evidence from one of these indicates some local erosion of the sea floor: this apparently did not exceed 15 cm (as represented in the core).