Seabed seismographs reveal duration and structure of longest runout sediment flows on earth

Turbidity currents carve the deepest canyons on Earth, deposit its largest sediment accumulations, and break seabed telecommunication cables. Powerful canyon-flushing turbidity currents break sensors placed in their path, making them notoriously challenging to measure, and thus poorly understood. Th...

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Main Authors: Megan L. Baker, Peter J. Talling, Richard Burnett, Ed L. Pope, Sean C. Ruffell, Morelia Urlaub, Michael A. Clare, Jennifer Jenkins, Michael Dietze, Jeffrey Neasham, Ricardo Silva Jacinto, Sophie Hage, Martin Hasenhündl, Steve M. Simmons, Catharina J. Heerema, Maarten S. Heijnen, Pascal Kunath, Matthieu J. B. Cartigny, Claire McGhee, Dan Parsons
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/28151345.v1
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