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 ...

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 ...

Deployment of ocean-floor mooring from research vessel's back deck. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 04 Oct. 2017, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by M.