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CORRELATION OF SOME ATLANTIC TURBIDITES

R.H. Belderson, A. S. LAUGHTO

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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).

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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).

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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).

Key concepts: Turbidite, Geology, Abyssal plain, Turbidity current, Abyssal zone, Structural basin, Geomorphology, Seabed

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