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Researchers Track Underwater Avalanches Like Never Before
Author(s) -
Cody Sullivan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2015eo038735
Subject(s) - underwater , track (disk drive) , computer science , environmental science , geology , marine engineering , engineering , oceanography , operating system
Using beach ball–like detectors, researchers set out to determine how sediments, which could contain toxic contaminants, travel through submarine canyons to greater depths.