Open AccessHow Do Turbidity Currents Accelerate?
Author(s) -
Terri Cook
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2019eo112733
Subject(s) - turbidity current , turbidity , environmental science , oceanography , geology , geomorphology , sedimentary depositional environment , structural basin
Flume experiments show that a self-reinforcing cycle can strengthen the currents responsible for transporting large amounts of sediment to the deep oceans.