Name: Turbidites - An Introduction (sed strat) @sumnerd
Uploaded: 2020-04-19T01:29:31-0400
Duration: 8 min 17 s
Description: Turbidites are sandstone beds deposited from turbidity currents that flow along the water-sediment interface. In this video, I describe what they look like and the features that suggest they accumulate from fast flows that slow down through time.

Suspension and Bedload Sediment Transport (sed strat) @sumnerd

Uploaded January 2009 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

In this video, I describe three basic ways sediment is transported: in suspension, via saltation, and in traction. Saltating and rolling grains (in traction) comprise the bedload. You can see my lecture notes for sediment transport at dawnssedstrat.blogspot.com/2011/01/lecture-3-sediment-transport.html

Suspension and Bedload Sediment Transport (sed strat)

Turbidites - An Introduction (sed strat)