Turbidites
http://mygeologypage.ucdavis.edu/sumner/gel109/SedStructures/Turbidites.html

Dawn Summer, University of California Davis, Department of Geology, University of California-Davis


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This website, designed for a Sediments and Strata course at the University of California- Davis, contains numerous photographs of turbidite sequences in outcrop. Photos are divided into two categories; turbidites in the Cretaceous Pigeon Point Formation and turbidites in the Cretaceous Great Valley Sequence. Users may also follow a link to other sedimentary photos.

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Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sedimentary Structures, Sediment Transport and Deposition, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Geology and Geophysics, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Sedimentary Geology:Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks:Clastics
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Sediments/Sedimentary Rocks: Clastics
Theme: Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Oceanography, Sedimentary Geology, Geophysics