Definition of Olistostrome. Meaning of Olistostrome. Synonyms of Olistostrome

- An olistostrome is a sedimentary deposit composed of a chaotic m**** of heterogeneous material, such as blocks and mud, known as olistoliths, that ac****ulates...
- Moor. The Cat Bells ridge is an example of the Buttermere Formation, an olistostrome of disrupted, sheared and folded mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. Nearly...
- for the complex mix of lithologies in the north of the island to be an olistostrome related to a subduction zone. "Dennis Wood - Cyngor Cefn Gwlad Cymru"...
- diamictons are solifluction, landslides, debris flows, and turbiditic olistostromes. The term can generally be applied to types of siliciclastic sediments...
- mudstone, jasper and basalt can be found. The deposit is interpreted as an olistostrome, a giant underwater landslide possibly triggered by an earthquake some...
- peridotite Bangui Formation - sandstone, conglomerate, mudstone; includes olistostrome Magabobbo Limestone - micritic limestone, calcarenites, minor argillites...
- south. On the northern flanks are outcrops of the Buttermere Formation, olistostrome of disrupted sheared mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. Southward march...
- however, is deposition by submarine m**** flows like turbidites and olistostromes in tectonically active areas, and they can be produced in a wide range...
- occurred about 200 million years ago, as a result of a submarine landslide (olistostrome) that affected a relief set on the mantle that constituted the ocean...
- of the Pan-African orogeny. Nappes advancing from the south deposited olistostrome detritus into the Fungurume foreland basin to the north of the arc. Nappe...