in Greece, was carried out to examine the distribution and dispersion of bauxite “red-mud”
tailings which have been discharged since 1970 on the shelf at a depth of 100 m. The 'red-
mud'tailings are transported to the basin floor by turbidity currents is a depth of about 800 m
and at a distance of up to 17 km from the source. Over a period of 14 years, ten (10) turbidity
flow events have occurred. The turbidity flows form small scattered sheet-like deposits. The …