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Turbidite vs Turbinite - What's the difference?

turbidite | turbinite |

As nouns the difference between turbidite and turbinite

is that turbidite is turbidity while turbinite is (paleontology) a petrified shell resembling the genus.

turbidite

English

Noun

(wikipedia turbidite) (en noun)
  • (geology) Any sedimentary deposit formed by a turbidity current.

    • Derived terms

    * calciturbidite * turbiditic

    Related terms

    *turbidity

    turbinite

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (paleontology) A petrified shell resembling the genus .
    • (Webster 1913)