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Fig. 8

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

Fig. 8

Undersea photograph showing possible mud-draped (arrow) current ripples at 3091 m water depth in the Gulf of Mexico. Similar mud drapes may explain the origin of mud offshoots observed in the core. A current measuring nearly 18 cmˑs− 1 was recorded on the day this photograph was taken. Current flow was from upper left to lower right. Bar scale is 50 cm. Alaminos Cruise 69-A-13, St. 35. Source: Photograph originally published by Pequegnat (1972). From Shanmugam (2012a), with permission from Elsevier

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