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[[File:Webcam-toy-foto13.jpg|400px|thumbnail|right|Schematic distribution of contourite's facies. It shows a longitudinal and transverse decrease in current intensity.]]
[[File:Webcam-toy-foto13.jpg|400px|thumbnail|right|Schematic distribution of contourite's facies. It shows a longitudinal and transverse decrease in current intensity.]]
Contourites are oceanic sedimentary deposits originated by the circulation of thermohaline oceanic currents of contour, named this way because they follow bathymetric curves. These currents are caused by the global marine circulation and correspond to those of low temperature, which together warm temperature currents, conform a system of vital importance. These currents may flow upwards, downwards, around or above obstacles or irregular topographies.
Contourites are oceanic sedimentary deposits originated by the circulation of thermohaline oceanic currents of contour, named this way because they follow bathymetric curves. These currents are caused by the global marine circulation and correspond to those of low temperature, which together warm temperature currents, conform a system of vital importance. These currents may flow upwards, downwards, around or above obstacles or irregular topographies.