| CHARACTERISTIC | SMACKOVER | TEMPESTITE | TURBIDITE |
| sharp erosional base | Y | Y | Y |
| basal scours, lags | Y | Y | Y |
| gutter, casts, tool marks | ? | Y | Y |
| normal grading | Y | Y | Y |
| hummocky laminae | N | Y | N |
| wave-ripple structures | N | Y | N |
| repopulation burrows | N | Y | N |
| lateral continuity | ? | Y | Y |
| clast orientation | ? | Y | N |
| infiltration fabrics | N | Y | N |
| intraclasts | Y | Y | Y |
| mudcoated shells | N | Y | N |
| amalgamated beds | Y | Y | Y |
| Bouma sequence | M | N | Y |
| inverse grading | Y | M | Y |
| neritic trace fossils | ? | N | Y |
| dish and pip structures | ? | N | Y |
| current ripples | M | N | Y |