The global turbidity current pump and its implications for organic carbon cycling

PJ Talling, S Hage, ML Baker, TS Bianchi… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Submarine turbidity currents form the largest sediment accumulations on Earth, raising the
question of their role in global carbon cycles. It was previously inferred that terrestrial …

Detailed monitoring reveals the nature of submarine turbidity currents

PJ Talling, MJB Cartigny, E Pope, M Baker… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Seafloor sediment flows, called turbidity currents, form the largest sediment accumulations,
deepest canyons and longest channels on Earth. It was once thought that turbidity currents …

Fast and destructive density currents created by ocean-entering volcanic eruptions

MA Clare, IA Yeo, S Watson, R Wysoczanski… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Volcanic eruptions on land create hot and fast pyroclastic density currents, triggering
tsunamis or surges that travel over water where they reach the ocean. However, no field …

Transport and accumulation of litter in submarine canyons: a geoscience perspective

M Pierdomenico, A Bernhardt… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Marine litter is one of the most pervasive and fast-growing aspects of contamination in the
global ocean, and has been observed in every environmental setting, including the deep …

Two distinct types of turbidity currents observed in the Manila Trench, South China Sea

M Liu, Z Wang, K Yu, J Xu - Communications Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Sediment gravity flows are the most direct and efficient transport mechanisms for moving
terrestrial sediments into deep oceans. Scarcity of firsthand measurements, however, has …

Globally significant mass of terrestrial organic carbon efficiently transported by canyon-flushing turbidity currents

ML Baker, S Hage, PJ Talling, S Acikalin… - …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Burial of organic carbon in marine sediments is a long-term sink of atmospheric CO2, and
submarine turbidity currents are volumetrically the most important sediment transport …

Time‐Lapse Seafloor Surveys Reveal How Turbidity Currents and Internal Tides in Monterey Canyon Interact With the Seabed at Centimeter‐Scale

M Wolfson‐Schwehr, CK Paull… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Here we show how ultra‐high resolution seabed mapping using new technology can help to
understand processes that sculpt submarine canyons. Time‐lapse seafloor surveys were …

Flow and depositional response of turbidity currents to complex canyon topographies: A numerical simulation perspective

Y Lu, X Liu, Y Yang, D Wang, H Yu, S Zhang, X Xie… - Geomorphology, 2024 - Elsevier
Submarine canyons are prominent features on continental margins, acting as major conduits
for sediment transport primarily through turbidity currents. Understanding how these currents …

Influence of sedimentary processes and fault tectonics on the evolution of submarine canyons in the East Andaman Basin: Insights from high-resolution seismic data …

L Jin, X Luan, TD Raveendrasinghe, L Jiang, Y Xue… - Geomorphology, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Andaman Sea Basin, a well-known back-arc spreading centre and a mature
petroliferous basin, presents a unique and complex scenario for understanding the interplay …

[HTML][HTML] Variable downcanyon morphology controlling the recent activity of shelf-incised submarine canyons (Alboran Sea, western Mediterranean)

J Cerrillo-Escoriza, FJ Lobo, Á Puga-Bernabéu… - Geomorphology, 2024 - Elsevier
This research aims to distinguish genetic sedimentary processes building canyon
geomorphological patterns and the factors driving different sedimentary activities in two …