Photo: Turbidite
Alternating beds of sand and mud at Gyodosaki (Cape Gyoto) in Kochi
Prefecture (Shimanto accretionary complex).
Turbidite refers to sediments conveyed by turbidity currents. Alternating
beds of sand and mud are formed by which sand is intermittently provides on
mud continuously deposited. This sand provision results from turbidity
currents triggered by earthquakes and storms.
