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    Turbidity currents are fast-moving currents that sweep down submarine canyons, carrying sand and mud into the deep sea. They involve large-scale movements of the sea floor itself and can damage cables and pipelines on the ocean floor. Geologists first recognized turbidity currents after a 1929 earthquake triggered a current that traveled hundreds of kilometers and damaged underwater communication cables. Turbidity currents remain a threat today and leave behind sediment layers that comprise some of the world's largest oil reserves.

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    Turbidity currents are fast-moving currents that sweep down submarine canyons, carrying sand and mud into the deep sea. They involve large-scale movements of the sea floor itself and can damage cables and pipelines on the ocean floor. Geologists first recognized turbidity currents after a 1929 earthquake triggered a current that traveled hundreds of kilometers and damaged underwater communication cables. Turbidity currents remain a threat today and leave behind sediment layers that comprise some of the world's largest oil reserves.

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    10/10/2018 What are turbidity currents?

    - The Hindu

    SCIENCE

    What are turbidity currents?


    OCTOBER 07, 2018 00:02 IST
    UPDATED: OCTOBER 07, 2018 00:53 IST

    They are fast-moving currents that sweep down submarine canyons, carrying sand and mud
    into the deep sea. However, there is more to them than just sediment-laden seawater flowing
    over the sea floor, and they also involve large-scale movements of the sea floor itself. This
    discovery could help ocean engineers avoid damage to pipelines, communications cables, and
    other sea floor structures. Geologists have known about turbidity currents since at least 1929,
    when a large earthquake triggered a violent current that travelled several hundred kilometres
    and damaged 12 trans-Atlantic communications cables. Turbidity currents are still a threat
    today, as people place more and more cables, pipelines, and other structures on the sea floor.
    Turbidity currents are also important to petroleum geologists because they leave behind
    layers of sediment that comprise some of the world’s largest oil reserves. — Science Daily

    https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/what-are-turbidity-currents/article25146022.ece 1/2
    10/10/2018 What are turbidity currents? - The Hindu

    Printable version | Oct 10, 2018 1:35:26 AM | https://www.thehindu.com/sci-


    tech/science/what-are-turbidity-currents/article25146022.ece
    © The Hindu

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