Turbidity currents in submarine canyons often involve large-scale movement of the seafloor. This discovery could help ocean engineers avoid damage to pipelines, communications cables, and other ...

The first measurements of changes in the internal velocity structure within a turbidity current as it progressed down canyon. The first quantitative data showing that, in early stages of some events, ...

Fast-moving underwater avalanches, known as turbidity currents, are responsible for transporting vast quantities of microplastics into the deep sea, according to new research published today. The ...

Turbidity currents are an important natural process that often goes unnoticed: these powerful currents beneath the ocean ...

Scientists have measured an underwater mud avalanche that lasted two days and crossed more than 1,100 kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean floor. The sediment avalanche, or turbidity current as the ...

Just as rivers move sediment across the land, turbidity currents are the dominant process carrying sediments and organic carbon from coastal areas into the deep sea. Turbidity currents can also ...

Turbidity currents have historically been described as fast-moving currents that sweep down submarine canyons, carrying sand and mud into the deep sea. But a new paper in Nature Communications shows ...