Abstract
Empirical data from modern and ancient deep-water systems (e.g., submarine fans) suggest a dominance of mass-transport deposits (MTDs) and bottom-current reworked sands (BCRS), not turbidites. This chapter documents observational evidence from case studies, based on Amazon Fan (Equatorial Atlantic), Mississippi Fan (Gulf of Mexico), Monterey Fan (North Pacific), Krishna-Godavari Basin (Bay of Bengal), The Annot Sandstone (Eocene–Oligocene, Peira-Cava Area, Maritime Alps, SE France), The Jackfork Group (Pennsylvanian, Ouachita Mountains, United States), Basin-floor fans in the North Sea, Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation (Ordos Basin, central China), among others, which compel a paradigm shift from turbidites to MTD and BCRS. These studies show that data and facts do matter in sustaining the turbidite paradigm.
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