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Figure 3. Basic conceptual diagram for facies analysis of hyperpycnal deposits with associated bedload in marine settings. Facies B includes all those facies related to bedload processes developed at the base of an overpassing, long-lived turbulent flow. Facies S corresponds to the gravitational collapse of sand-sized materials transported in suspension by the turbulent flow (suspended load facies). Facies L is related to the fallout of fine-grained materials lifted-up by the interstitial freshwater contained in the flow once it lost part of the sand-sized suspended load. After Zavala et al. (2006b).