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Fig. 19

From: The turbidite-contourite-tidalite-baroclinite-hybridite problem: orthodoxy vs. empirical evidence behind the “Bouma Sequence”

Fig. 19

a Top panel: barotropic (surface) wave showing the movement of fluid parcels in the entire water column (H) in the same direction with the same velocity (short horizontal arrows); b Bottom panel: baroclinic (internal) wave showing the fluid-parcel movement in upper (H1) and lower (H2) layers in opposite directions (short horizontal arrows) with different velocities (U1 and U2); c Explanation of symbols. Source: Modified after Gill (1982). After Shanmugam (2013a) AAPG

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