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- Tempestites are storm deposits that can be recognized throughout the geologic record. They are studied in the scientific disciplines of sedimentary geology...
- Brandt, Danita S.; Elias, Robert J. (1989). "Temporal variations in tempestite thickness may be a geologic record of atmospheric CO2". Geology. 17 (10):...
- upward" sequences from two sections distant of 230 km; note the hurricane (tempestites and tsunami ?)levels with abundant displaced foraminifera on supratidal...
- Formation, High Atlas. Vadose ferrugenous pisolites (soil) and coastal (tempestite) sediment with birdseyes in an outer platform environment. Aerial diagenesis...
- synsedimentary filling, tension fracture, hydraulic injection ****, and tempestite. Clastic **** environments include: Clastic ****s ****ociated with earthquakes...
- minor siltstone layers and contains no fossils, can be interpreted as tempestite. Other event indicators could be volcanic ash falls, lava flows, lahars...
- tidal channel fills, subtidal and tidal sand bars, minor storm layers (tempestites), and beach deposits. Overall, the Nerinella Member represents a variety...
- and storm-formed splays. Hummocky deposits in shallow seas, known as tempestites. The mechanics of their formation are still controversial, and such deposits...
- Posidonienschiefer Formation (Toarcian, southern Germany): condensed section, tempestite, or tsunami-generated deposit?". PalZ. 90 (2): 271–286. doi:10.1007/s12542-015-0271-7...
- 17.2180577°S 146.0681264°E / -17.2180577; 146.0681264 France France Tempestites Kimmeridgian Intense tropical cyclone activity from storms coming off...