Question

If Bed 1 is a turbidite deposit: 1. It cannot be very old. 2. It was deposited rapidly. 3. It required long ages to form. 4. It must be millions of years old.

Answer 1

2. Turbidites are underwater deposits that result from gravity or turbidity currents and they happen relatively quickly. Usually in only a few minutes.

Answer 2

If Bed 1 is a turbidite deposit: it was deposited rapidly.

Step-by-step explanation:

• Turbidites are light clastic sediments deposited on the ocean beds. For or a turbidite deposit to form, there has to be a turbidity current.

• A turbidity current is formed in deep oceans usually near the ocean floors due to geological disturbances like earthquakes and falling of slopes.

• These currents carry light sediments and move rapidly. Thus, it can be said that a turbidite deposit was deposited rapidly.