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  • Turbidity current
  • Underwater current of sediment-laden water moving downslope

    A turbidity current is most typically an underwater current of usually rapidly moving, sediment-laden water moving down a slope; although current research

    Turbidity current

    Turbidity current

    Turbidity_current

  • Congo Canyon
  • African submarine canyon at the end of the Congo River

    the Congo deep-sea fan and extends for an additional 220 km. The turbidity currents found in Congo Canyon are the strongest measured in the world. These

    Congo Canyon

    Congo Canyon

    Congo_Canyon

  • Soil liquefaction
  • Soil material that is ordinarily a solid behaving like a thick liquid

    suggested that a 60-mile-per-hour (100 km/h) submarine landslide or turbidity current of water-saturated sediments swept 400 miles (600 km) down the continental

    Soil liquefaction

    Soil liquefaction

    Soil_liquefaction

  • Subsurface ocean current
  • Oceanic currents that flow beneath surface currents

    its own current type. This is the turbidity current. Turbidity current is caused when the density of water is increased by sediment. This current is the

    Subsurface ocean current

    Subsurface_ocean_current

  • Lowe sequence
  • Sedimentary structures in sandstone beds deposited by high-density turbidity currents

    structures in turbidite sandstone beds that are deposited by high-density turbidity currents. It is intended to complement, not replace, the better-known Bouma

    Lowe sequence

    Lowe sequence

    Lowe_sequence

  • Turbidite
  • Geologic deposit of a turbidity current

    A turbidite is the geologic deposit of a turbidity current, which is a type of amalgamation of fluidal and sediment gravity flow responsible for distributing

    Turbidite

    Turbidite

    Turbidite

  • Sedimentary rock
  • Rock formed by the deposition and cementation of particles

    slopes, the sedimentary cover can become unstable, causing turbidity currents. Turbidity currents are sudden disturbances of the normally quiet deep marine

    Sedimentary rock

    Sedimentary rock

    Sedimentary_rock

  • Submarine canyon
  • Steep-sided valley cut into the seabed of the continental slope

    submarine canyons serve as channels for the flow of turbidity currents across the seafloor. Turbidity currents are flows of dense, sediment laden waters that

    Submarine canyon

    Submarine canyon

    Submarine_canyon

  • Current (fluid)
  • Magnitude and direction of flow in a fluid

    current Rip current Rip tide Subsurface currents Turbidity current Tidal current Laminar flow "Definition of CURRENT". www.merriam-webster.com. 2026-03-01

    Current (fluid)

    Current_(fluid)

  • Turbidity
  • Cloudiness of a fluid

    a turbidity reading), a correlation between turbidity and total suspended solids (TSS) is somewhat unusual for each location or situation. Turbidity in

    Turbidity

    Turbidity

    Turbidity

  • Abyssal plain
  • Flat area on the deep ocean floor

    sediments, mainly clay and silt. Much of this sediment is deposited by turbidity currents that have been channelled from the continental margins along submarine

    Abyssal plain

    Abyssal plain

    Abyssal_plain

  • Bouma sequence
  • Set of structures in sediments or sedimentary rocks

    classic set of sedimentary structures in turbidite beds deposited by turbidity currents at the bottoms of lakes, oceans and rivers. The Bouma sequence specifically

    Bouma sequence

    Bouma sequence

    Bouma_sequence

  • Powder snow avalanche
  • Type of avalanche

    fluid turbulence. They are particle-laden gravity currents and closely related to turbidity currents, pyroclastic flows from volcanoes and dust storms

    Powder snow avalanche

    Powder snow avalanche

    Powder_snow_avalanche

  • Monterey Canyon
  • Submarine canyon in Monterey Bay, California

    continent, and was formed by the underwater erosion process known as turbidity current erosion. Many questions remain unresolved regarding the exact nature

    Monterey Canyon

    Monterey Canyon

    Monterey_Canyon

  • Erosion
  • Natural processes removing soil and rock

    sediment-laden water that move rapidly downslope as turbidity currents. Where erosion by turbidity currents creates oversteepened slopes it can also trigger

    Erosion

    Erosion

    Erosion

  • Dropstone
  • Rock fragments found within host rock

    Dropstones can also be deposited through the action of strong ocean-floor turbidity currents. Boulders the size of a human have been found in relatively recent

    Dropstone

    Dropstone

    Dropstone

  • Labrador Sea
  • Arm of the North Atlantic Ocean

    about 40 million years ago. It contains one of the world's largest turbidity current channel systems, the Northwest Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel (NAMOC)

    Labrador Sea

    Labrador Sea

    Labrador_Sea

  • Marine sediment
  • Accumulated material on seafloor

    earthquakes or other geological disturbances. These can result in turbidity currents as turbid water dense with suspended sediment rushes down the slope. Chaotic

    Marine sediment

    Marine sediment

    Marine_sediment

  • Sediment gravity flow
  • Sediment transport mechanism

    subaqueous settings. However, grain-to-grain interactions in high-density turbidity currents are very important as a contributing mechanism of sediment support

    Sediment gravity flow

    Sediment gravity flow

    Sediment_gravity_flow

  • Canyon
  • Deep chasm between cliffs

    Unlike canyons on land, submarine canyons are thought to be formed by turbidity currents and landslides. The word canyon is Spanish in origin (cañón, pronounced

    Canyon

    Canyon

    Canyon

  • Submarine landslide
  • Landslides that transport sediment across the continental shelf and into the deep ocean

    any noticeable change into turbidity currents, as shown in figure 3 while others completely change into turbidity currents near to the source. This variation

    Submarine landslide

    Submarine landslide

    Submarine_landslide

  • Continental shelf
  • Coastal and oceanic landform

    (310 mi) from the slope, it consists of thick sediments deposited by turbidity currents from the shelf and slope. The continental rise's gradient is intermediate

    Continental shelf

    Continental shelf

    Continental_shelf

  • Pyroclastic flow
  • Fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter that moves away from a volcano

    pyroclastic currents sink into the water, the sediments decrease the clarity of the water, thereby increasing its turbidity. These sediments form turbidity currents

    Pyroclastic flow

    Pyroclastic flow

    Pyroclastic_flow

  • List of rock types
  • Porous variety of limestone rock Turbidite – Geologic deposit of a turbidity current Wackestone – Mud-supported carbonate rock that contains greater than

    List of rock types

    List_of_rock_types

  • Abyssal channel
  • Channels in the sea floor formed by fast-flowing turbidity currents

    These levees are formed by the overspilling and flow stripping of turbidity currents. These are most likely to occur during sea level lowstands. A collection

    Abyssal channel

    Abyssal_channel

  • Philippine Trench
  • Submarine trench to the east of the Philippines in the Pacific Ocean

    are hypothesized to have been deposited by turbidity currents. A turbidity current is an underwater current that moves rapidly and carries sediment. This

    Philippine Trench

    Philippine Trench

    Philippine_Trench

  • Gravity current
  • Flow that is driven by a density difference and gravity

    turbidity currents, avalanches, discharge from wastewater or industrial processes into rivers, or river discharge into the ocean. Gravity currents are

    Gravity current

    Gravity_current

  • Cascadia Channel
  • Extensive deep-sea channel of the Pacific Ocean

    of downcutting. At this time, apparently the channel built up by turbidity current that proceeded south, along the western part of the Cascadia abyssal

    Cascadia Channel

    Cascadia_Channel

  • 1929 Grand Banks earthquake
  • Earthquake and tsunami in eastern Canada

    to the discovery of the landslide and the first documentation of a turbidity current. Scientists have examined layers of sand, believed to be deposited

    1929 Grand Banks earthquake

    1929_Grand_Banks_earthquake

  • Terrigenous sediment
  • Sediments derived from the erosion of rocks on land

    diverse transport mechanisms such as rivers, wind, glaciers, and turbidity currents. Weathering of igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, and metamorphic rocks

    Terrigenous sediment

    Terrigenous_sediment

  • Greywacke
  • Sandstone with angular grains in a clay-fine matrix

    of the rock by volume. The origin of greywacke was unknown until turbidity currents and turbidites were understood, since, according to the normal laws

    Greywacke

    Greywacke

    Greywacke

  • Dredging
  • Excavation of sediment, usually under water

    becomes a turbidity current, which flows away down slope, is moved by a second burst of water from the WID or is carried away in natural currents. Water

    Dredging

    Dredging

    Dredging

  • Turbid (disambiguation)
  • Topics referred to by the same term

    lake in Minnesota Turbidity current Turbidite, a type of rock This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Turbid. If an internal link

    Turbid (disambiguation)

    Turbid_(disambiguation)

  • Abyssal fan
  • Underwater geological structures associated with large-scale sediment deposition

    structures associated with large-scale sediment deposition and formed by turbidity currents. They can be thought of as an underwater version of alluvial fans

    Abyssal fan

    Abyssal fan

    Abyssal_fan

  • Limestone
  • Type of sedimentary rock

    indicate deposition in a tectonically active area or as part of a turbidity current. The grains of most limestones are embedded in a matrix of carbonate

    Limestone

    Limestone

    Limestone

  • 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami
  • Volcanic event in the South Pacific Ocean

    being cut repeatedly and moved long distances is consistent with a turbidity current damaging it, similar to the 1929 Grand Banks earthquake. The cable

    2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami

    2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami

    2022_Hunga_Tonga–Hunga_Haʻapai_eruption_and_tsunami

  • Kaikōura Canyon
  • Submarine canyon near New Zealand

    850 million tonnes of sediment had flowed into deeper water, and a turbidity current travelled more than 600 km (370 mi) along the Hikurangi Channel. The

    Kaikōura Canyon

    Kaikōura_Canyon

  • Deep sea mining
  • Mineral extraction from the ocean floor

    Clarion Clipperton Zone and found that the plume forms a low-lying turbidity current which hugs the seafloor. Another MIT-led study found that modelling

    Deep sea mining

    Deep sea mining

    Deep_sea_mining

  • Gravity current intrusion
  • Gravity phenomenon

    oceans, 'short-circuit' sewage sedimentation tank intrusions and turbidity current flows over hypersaline Mediterranean pools. Examples also exist of

    Gravity current intrusion

    Gravity_current_intrusion

  • Reynolds number
  • Ratio of inertial to viscous forces acting on a liquid

    p. 74 - 82. Gerard V. Middleton 1967, Experiments on density and turbidity currents, III; Deposition; Canadian Jour. of Earth Science, vol. 4, p. 475

    Reynolds number

    Reynolds number

    Reynolds_number

  • Glossary of geology
  • subsoil is permanently frozen. turbidite The deposit of a turbidity current. turbidity current A current of rapidly moving, sediment-laden water moving down

    Glossary of geology

    Glossary_of_geology

  • Kuroshio Current
  • North-flowing current in the northwest Pacific Ocean

    high rates of primary productivity within the current. Warm sea surface temperatures and low turbidity in the region lead to clearer waters which allows

    Kuroshio Current

    Kuroshio Current

    Kuroshio_Current

  • List of submarine topographical features
  • sediments, mainly clay and silt. Much of this sediment is deposited from turbidity currents that have been channeled from the continental margins along submarine

    List of submarine topographical features

    List of submarine topographical features

    List_of_submarine_topographical_features

  • Bay of Bengal
  • Northeastern part of the Indian Ocean

    large rivers in Bangladesh and India provide smaller contributions. Turbidity currents have transported the sediment through a series of submarine canyons

    Bay of Bengal

    Bay of Bengal

    Bay_of_Bengal

  • Flysch
  • Type of sedimentary rock sequence

    sequence of sedimentary rock layers that progress from deep-water and turbidity flow deposits to shallow-water shales and sandstones. It is deposited

    Flysch

    Flysch

    Flysch

  • Bruce C. Heezen
  • American geologist (1924–1977)

    of oil traps on the ocean floor on YouTube Bruce Heezen explaining turbidity currents on YouTube Manuscript painting of Heezen-Tharp "World ocean floor"

    Bruce C. Heezen

    Bruce_C._Heezen

  • Marine chemistry
  • Chemistry of oceans and seas

    systems. It is influenced by plate tectonics and seafloor spreading, turbidity, currents, sediments, pH levels, atmospheric constituents, metamorphic activity

    Marine chemistry

    Marine_chemistry

  • Richardson number
  • Dimensionless metric in fluid dynamics

    in weather forecasting as well as the investigation of density and turbidity currents in oceans, lakes, and reservoirs. When considering flows in which

    Richardson number

    Richardson_number

  • Liquefied flow
  • move, fluid turbulence results and the flow rapidly evolves into a turbidity current. Flows and suspensions are said to be liquefied when the grains settle

    Liquefied flow

    Liquefied flow

    Liquefied_flow

  • Glossary of fishery terms
  • be greatly affected by seasonal turbidity. Typical euphotic depths vary from only a few centimetres in highly turbid eutrophic lakes, to around 200 metres

    Glossary of fishery terms

    Glossary_of_fishery_terms

  • Subhasish Dey
  • Indian hydraulician and educator

    approaches, universal probability density function for turbulence, turbidity currents, and instability theories of meandering rivers and bedforms. Also

    Subhasish Dey

    Subhasish Dey

    Subhasish_Dey

  • Marine pollution
  • Pollution of oceans from substances discarded by humans

    Clarion Clipperton Zone and found that the plume forms a low-lying turbidity current which hugs the seafloor. Another MIT-led study found that modelling

    Marine pollution

    Marine pollution

    Marine_pollution

  • Burgess Shale-type preservation
  • Shale known for exceptional preservation of mid-Cambrian organisms

    on an oxygenated sea floor, and are associated with mud-slides or turbidity current events. One hypothesis for exceptional preservation is that brine

    Burgess Shale-type preservation

    Burgess_Shale-type_preservation

  • The Bahamas
  • Country north of the Caribbean

    troughs and canyons such as Great Bahama Canyon with the evidence of turbidity currents and turbidite deposition. The stratigraphy of the islands consists

    The Bahamas

    The Bahamas

    The_Bahamas

  • Oceanic crust
  • Uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of a tectonic plate

    be made of volcanic ash and terrigenous sediments transported by turbidity currents. Layer 2 could be divided into two parts: Layer 2A is a 0.5 km thick

    Oceanic crust

    Oceanic crust

    Oceanic_crust

  • Outline of oceanography
  • Hierarchical outline list of articles related to oceanography

    gradients created by surface heat and freshwater fluxes Turbidity current – An underwater current of usually rapidly moving, sediment-laden water moving

    Outline of oceanography

    Outline of oceanography

    Outline_of_oceanography

  • Submarine communications cable
  • Transoceanic communication line placed on the seabed

    accidental, such as by fishing trawlers, ship anchors, earthquakes, turbidity currents, and even shark bites. Based on surveying breaks in the Atlantic Ocean

    Submarine communications cable

    Submarine communications cable

    Submarine_communications_cable

  • Hikurangi Trough
  • Oceanic trench off the east coast of New Zealand

    represented by the Hikurangi Channel, guides turbidity currents into the path of the Pacific deep western boundary current to the north. The Hikurangi Channel

    Hikurangi Trough

    Hikurangi Trough

    Hikurangi_Trough

  • Sandstone
  • Type of sedimentary rock

    Glacier flow ice-sheet dynamics ice rafting Lithification Siltation Turbidity currents By structure Sedimentary structures Bedforms cross-bedding duness

    Sandstone

    Sandstone

    Sandstone

  • Spirorhaphe
  • Trace fossil

    ichnofacies, which is interpreted as an indicator of deep-sea, pelagic, turbidity current-dominated systems. It is one of the most common graphoglyptid traces

    Spirorhaphe

    Spirorhaphe

    Spirorhaphe

  • Marie Tharp
  • American oceanographer and cartographer (1920–2006)

    earthquake epicenters in the oceans for a project relating large-scale turbidity currents to undersea earthquakes. The creation of this earthquake epicenter

    Marie Tharp

    Marie Tharp

    Marie_Tharp

  • Grain flow
  • process of sediment support in subaqueous, sand-rich, high-density turbidity currents. The high concentrations of sand that develop at the base of high-density

    Grain flow

    Grain flow

    Grain_flow

  • Geology of the Australian Capital Territory
  • Sediments were deposited in the ocean floor in the form of fans formed by turbidity currents off the side of a continental slope. The flow was in the northerly

    Geology of the Australian Capital Territory

    Geology of the Australian Capital Territory

    Geology_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory

  • RV Atlantis (1930)
  • Research vessel

    B. Ericson and Maurice Ewing (July 1954). "Further evidence for a turbidity current following the 1929 Grand banks earthquake". Deep-Sea Research. 1 (4):

    RV Atlantis (1930)

    RV Atlantis (1930)

    RV_Atlantis_(1930)

  • Val Verde Basin
  • Foreland basin

    and thinly bedded sandstones resemble deposits of mixed sandy and turbidity currents. In the Ozona sequence, the standard Bouma sequence of sedimentary

    Val Verde Basin

    Val Verde Basin

    Val_Verde_Basin

  • Aleutian subduction zone
  • Convergence boundary between the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate

    they are mixed with pillow lavas in a complex way. Debris flows and turbidity currents transported igneous materials from volcanic source to shallow marine

    Aleutian subduction zone

    Aleutian subduction zone

    Aleutian_subduction_zone

  • Index of wave articles
  • wave Trigonometric function Trojan wave packet Tropical wave Tsunami Turbidity current Ultra low frequency Ultrasound Ultraviolet catastrophe Undertow (wave

    Index of wave articles

    Index_of_wave_articles

  • Northwest Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel
  • Hudson Strait area undersea channels

    Northwest Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel (NAMOC) is the main body of a turbidity current system of channels and canyons running on the sea bottom from the

    Northwest Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel

    Northwest Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel

    Northwest_Atlantic_Mid-Ocean_Channel

  • Roxbury Conglomerate
  • Rock formation in Massachusetts, United States

    deep sea fans as the result of non-glacial subaqueous mass flow and turbidity current deposition. This is consistent with the thick turbidites, which accumulated

    Roxbury Conglomerate

    Roxbury Conglomerate

    Roxbury_Conglomerate

  • Sediment
  • Particulate solid matter deposited on a planetary surface

    2014). "Assessing the effects of sediments and nutrients on coral reefs". Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 7: 108–117. Bibcode:2014COES.

    Sediment

    Sediment

    Sediment

  • Arabian Sea
  • Marginal sea of the northern Indian Ocean

    become the Indus Canyon experienced "maximum erosion and funneled turbidity currents to the aggradational channel-levee system on the Indus Fan" during

    Arabian Sea

    Arabian Sea

    Arabian_Sea

  • Torlesse composite terrane
  • Terrane found in New Zealand

    shallower seafloor of the continental shelf. At the end of the canyon the turbidity current spreads out and creates giant fans of sediment that blanket the deep

    Torlesse composite terrane

    Torlesse composite terrane

    Torlesse_composite_terrane

  • Rockall–Porcupine margin
  • Sediment is also transported down the slopes in submarine canyons by turbidity currents. Submarine canyons are widely developed on the south side of the Goban

    Rockall–Porcupine margin

    Rockall–Porcupine margin

    Rockall–Porcupine_margin

  • Avalanche (disambiguation)
  • Topics referred to by the same term

    Underwater avalanche (or undersea avalanche), synonyms sometimes used for turbidity currents Operation Avalanche (disambiguation) Lavalas (disambiguation) Snowball

    Avalanche (disambiguation)

    Avalanche_(disambiguation)

  • Contour currents
  • contour currents have, however, been reported as evidenced by the sea floor morphological features parallel to regional isobaths. Turbidity currents, on the

    Contour currents

    Contour_currents

  • Pelagic sediment
  • Fine-grained sediment that accumulates on the floor of the open ocean

    either in the air over the oceans or in surface waters. Both wind and ocean currents transported these sediments in suspension thousands of kilometers from

    Pelagic sediment

    Pelagic sediment

    Pelagic_sediment

  • Soft-sediment deformation structures
  • Geologic formation

    soft-sediment deformations to materialize are in deep water basins with turbidity currents, rivers, deltas, and shallow-marine areas with storm impacted conditions

    Soft-sediment deformation structures

    Soft-sediment deformation structures

    Soft-sediment_deformation_structures

  • Debris flow
  • Geological phenomenon

    prevalent on submarine continental margins, where they may spawn turbidity currents. Debris flows in forested regions can contain large quantities of

    Debris flow

    Debris flow

    Debris_flow

  • Sedimentation
  • Tendency for particles in suspension to settle down

    vegetation. Trees such as mangroves are crucial to the attenuation of waves or currents, promoting the settlement of suspended particles. An undesired increased

    Sedimentation

    Sedimentation

    Sedimentation

  • Canadian Arctic Rift System
  • North American geological structure

    Mid-Ocean Channel. This is a 100-to-150-metre-deep (330 to 490 ft) turbidity current system of channels that extend southward along the axis of the basin

    Canadian Arctic Rift System

    Canadian Arctic Rift System

    Canadian_Arctic_Rift_System

  • Sedimentary structures
  • Geologic structures formed during sediment deposition

    Symmetrical ripple marks Often found on beaches, they are created by a two way current, for example the waves on a beach (swash and backwash). This creates ripple

    Sedimentary structures

    Sedimentary structures

    Sedimentary_structures

  • Maotianshan Shales
  • Series of Early Cambrian deposits in the Chiungchussu Formation in China

    preserved fauna is primarily benthic and was likely buried by periodic turbidity currents, since most fossils do not show evidence of post-mortem transport

    Maotianshan Shales

    Maotianshan Shales

    Maotianshan_Shales

  • International Cable Protection Committee
  • Nonprofit dedicated to submarine cable protection

    earthquakes may also generate submarine landslides and turbidity currents—sediment-laden currents that travel long distances (100s to 1000s kilometers)

    International Cable Protection Committee

    International_Cable_Protection_Committee

  • Passive margin
  • Transition between oceanic and continental lithosphere that is not an active plate margin

    margin and the efficacy of offshore transport mechanisms such as turbidity currents and submarine channels. Development of the shelf edge and its migration

    Passive margin

    Passive margin

    Passive_margin

  • Hawaiian Trough
  • Moat-like depression of the seafloor surrounding the Hawaiian Islands

    volcanoes. The majority of material in this layer was transported by turbidity currents that flow along the axis of the moat and transport material from mass

    Hawaiian Trough

    Hawaiian_Trough

  • Fugichnia
  • Trace fossil

    attempts to escape burial in sudden high-sedimentation events like turbidity currents. The burrows are often marked with chevron patterns showing the upward

    Fugichnia

    Fugichnia

    Fugichnia

  • Eckart Meiburg
  • American mechanical engineer

    dynamics to study phenomena including sediment transport in gravity and turbidity currents, double diffusive instabilities, and particle-laden flows. Meiburg

    Eckart Meiburg

    Eckart Meiburg

    Eckart_Meiburg

  • Exner equation
  • Law of sediment aggradation

    Sediment Transport Morphodynamics with applications to Rivers and Turbidity Currents, Chapter 1, http://vtchl.uiuc.edu/people/parkerg/_private/e-bookP

    Exner equation

    Exner_equation

  • Coagulation (water treatment)
  • In water treatment, the addition of compounds that promote clumping

    flocculation and is allowed to settle. Then the turbidity of the samples is measured and the dose with the lowest turbidity can be said to be optimum. Despite its

    Coagulation (water treatment)

    Coagulation (water treatment)

    Coagulation_(water_treatment)

  • Interbedding
  • Alternating beds of rock, in geology

    alternations by recurring special events, such as the deposition of coarse turbidity current sediments on what would otherwise be a quiet and continuously running

    Interbedding

    Interbedding

    Interbedding

  • Stoney Point (California)
  • Historic site in Los Angeles, California

    formed by turbidity currents, giant “gravity slides” that deposited sand in the ocean at the depth of 4,000 to 5,000 feet. These turbidity currents were often

    Stoney Point (California)

    Stoney Point (California)

    Stoney_Point_(California)

  • Archipelagic apron
  • Fan-shaped gently sloping region of sea floor found around oceanic islands

    pyroclastic flows. The material is then reworked by turbidity currents to achieve their current form. Such aprons form about eight percent of the area

    Archipelagic apron

    Archipelagic_apron

  • Salt Point State Park
  • State park in California, United States

    canyon. This highly dense water is called a turbidity current. Something that may cause a turbidity current are earthquakes or storms that create a submarine

    Salt Point State Park

    Salt Point State Park

    Salt_Point_State_Park

  • Subaqueous fan
  • Type of sediment deposit

    result of turbidite deposits from underwater density currents such as turbidity currents. These currents are typically short-lived, but are able to distribute

    Subaqueous fan

    Subaqueous_fan

  • Ralph Bagnold
  • British Army officer (1896–1990)

     436–440. Bagnold, R.A. 1962. Auto-suspension of transported sediment; turbidity currents. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A 265:315–319. Bagnold

    Ralph Bagnold

    Ralph Bagnold

    Ralph_Bagnold

  • Palaeochannel
  • Inactive river or stream channel that has been filled or buried

    tectonic origin. Other palaeovalleys are buried submarine canyons cut by turbidity currents and mass wasting. Second, even the deposits that fill a fluvial palaeovalley

    Palaeochannel

    Palaeochannel

    Palaeochannel

  • Scripps Canyon
  • Submarine canyon off San Diego, California, USA

    the 1970s and 1980s to look at water-sediment interactions such as turbidity currents, canyon erosion, and sediment resuspension. Early exploration of the

    Scripps Canyon

    Scripps Canyon

    Scripps_Canyon

  • Hurricane Iwa
  • Category 1 Pacific hurricane in 1982

    2006. A. T. Dengler; P. Wilde; E. K. Noda; W. R. Normark (1997). "Turbidity Currents Generated by Hurricane IWA". Geo-Marine Letters. Retrieved December

    Hurricane Iwa

    Hurricane Iwa

    Hurricane_Iwa

  • Bengal Fan
  • Largest submarine fan on Earth

    large rivers in Bangladesh and India provide smaller contributions. Turbidity currents have transported the sediment through a series of submarine canyons

    Bengal Fan

    Bengal Fan

    Bengal_Fan

  • Sediment transport
  • Movement of solid particles, typically by gravity and fluid entrainment

    occurs in rivers, oceans, lakes, seas, and other bodies of water due to currents and tides. Transport is also caused by glaciers as they flow, and on terrestrial

    Sediment transport

    Sediment transport

    Sediment_transport

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  • Lee
  • Boy/Male

    Irish

    Lee

    From laoi “”poem”” or from the River Lee, the river which runs through County Cork. (See also Finbar.) It is currently popular as a given name for boys.

    Lee

  • Litchford
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Litchford

    English : habitational name, possibly a variant of Litchfield. The surname is not found in current English records, but of the 52 bearers recorded in the 1881 British Census, 28 were born in Kent, suggesting that a different, unidentified source could be involved.

    Litchford

  • Champion
  • Surname or Lastname

    English (of Norman origin) and French

    Champion

    English (of Norman origin) and French : status name for a professional champion, especially an agent employed to represent one of the parties in a trial by combat, a method of settling disputes current in the Middle Ages. The word comes from Old French champion, campion (Late Latin campio, genitive campionis, a derivative of campus ‘plain’, ‘field of battle’). Compare Campion, Kemp.

    Champion

  • Lipford
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Lipford

    English : habitational name, possibly from Lipwood Hall or Farm in Northumberland, named from Old English hlēp ‘steep slope’ + wudu ‘wood’, or from a lost or unidentified place. The surname does not occur in current English records, although a bearer of the name Lepford is recorded in the census of 1881.

    Lipford

  • CheraNadan
  • Boy/Male

    Indian, Tamil

    CheraNadan

    The Chera King; From the Chera (Currently Kerala) Country

    CheraNadan

  • Ditsworth
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Ditsworth

    English : unexplained. It could be a habitational name from Ditsworthy in Sheepstor, Devon (which is perhaps named from a Middle English personal name Durke ‘the dark one’ + Middle English worth(y) ‘enclosure’) or from some other, unidentified place. The surname is not found in current English records.

    Ditsworth

  • Shamrock
  • Surname or Lastname

    English and Irish

    Shamrock

    English and Irish : according to MacLysaght, a habitational name from an unidentified place in England. There is a current English habitational surname Shambrook, which may be the source.

    Shamrock

  • William Liam
  • Boy/Male

    Irish

    William Liam

    The Irish form of William, originally a German name will + helm””desire + helmet”” and suggests “”strong protector.”” It is currently a very fashionable name in Ireland and across the world.

    William Liam

  • Stanchfield
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Stanchfield

    English : unexplained; probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place. Neither the place name nor the surname are found in current British records. Compare Stinchfield.

    Stanchfield

  • Hodsdon
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Hodsdon

    English : habitational name from Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire, named in Old English with the personal name Hod + dūn ‘hill’.The earliest known bearer of this name is Norman de Hoddesdon, recorded in 1165–66. The surname was taken to America by Nicholas Hodsdon in about 1628, from whom probably all current U.S. bearers of the name are descended.

    Hodsdon

  • Elam
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Elam

    English : habitational name for someone from a place called Elham, in Kent, or a lost place of this name in Crayford, Kent. The first is derived from Old English ǣl ‘eel’ + hām ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water’. There is also an Elam Grange in Bingley, West Yorkshire, but the current distribution of the name in the British Isles suggests that it did not contribute significantly to the surname.

    Elam

  • Charton
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Charton

    English : possibly a habitational name from either of two places named Charton, in Devon and Kent, the latter being the more likely source, to judge by the current distribution of the surname.French (Normandy and Champagne) : reduced form of Char(r)eton, denoting a carter, from a derivative of Old French charette ‘cart’.

    Charton

  • Etheridge
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Etheridge

    English : altered form of Edrich, from the Middle English personal name Edrich, Ederick, Old English Ēadrīc, composed of the elements ēad ‘prosperity’, ‘fortune’ + rīc ‘power’. Current since the beginning of the 17th century, it developed from the late 16th-century forms Et(t)riche, Et(t)ridge.

    Etheridge

  • Chumley
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Chumley

    English : habitational name from Cholmondeley in Cheshire, named from the Old English personal name Cēolmund + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The spelling of the surname reflects the current pronunciation of the place name.

    Chumley

  • Liam
  • Boy/Male

    Irish

    Liam

    The Irish form of William, originally a German name will + helm””desire + helmet”” and suggests “”strong protector.”” It is currently a very fashionable name in Ireland and across the world.

    Liam

  • Frothingham
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Frothingham

    English : habitational name from Frodingham in Lincolnshire or North Frodingham in East Yorkshire, both named as ‘homestead (Old English hām) of Frōd(a)’s people’. Medieval forms in Froth- are common, possibly as a result of Scandinavian influence. The surname is not found in current English records.

    Frothingham

  • Darling
  • Surname or Lastname

    English and Scottish

    Darling

    English and Scottish : from Middle English derling, Old English dēorling ‘darling’, ‘beloved one’, a derivative of dēor ‘dear’, ‘beloved’ (see Dear 1). This was quite a common Old English byname, which remained current as a personal name into the 14th century. The surname probably derives at least in part from this use, probably in part also from a Middle English nickname.

    Darling

  • Creekmore
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Creekmore

    English : probably a habitational name from a place in Dorset named Creekmoor, from Middle English crike ‘creek’, ‘inlet’ + more ‘moor’, ‘marshy ground’. However, this surname is not found in current English records.

    Creekmore

  • Stinchfield
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Stinchfield

    English : unexplained; probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place. Neither the place name nor the surname are found in current British records. Compare Stanchfield, Stinchcomb.John Stinchfield immigrated from England to Gloucester, MA, in 1735.

    Stinchfield

  • Lighthall
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Lighthall

    English : possibly a habitational name from a place called Lightollars in Lancashire, so named from Old English lēoht ‘light-colored’ + alor ‘alder’. The surname, however, is not found in current English sources.

    Lighthall

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  • Turbinite
  • n.

    A petrified shell resembling the genus Turbo.

  • Turbidly
  • adv.

    Proudly; haughtily.

  • Morbidity
  • n.

    Amount of disease; sick rate.

  • Turbidly
  • adv.

    In a turbid manner; with muddiness or confusion.

  • Current
  • a.

    General course; ordinary procedure; progressive and connected movement; as, the current of time, of events, of opinion, etc.

  • Aestivation
  • n.

    The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation.

  • Turgescency
  • n.

    Empty magnificence or pompousness; inflation; bombast; turgidity.

  • Torridity
  • n.

    Torridness.

  • Morbidness
  • n.

    The quality or state of being morbid; morbidity.

  • Turgidity
  • n.

    The quality or state of being turgid.

  • Currentness
  • n.

    The quality of being current; currency; circulation; general reception.

  • Morbidity
  • n.

    Morbid quality; disease; sickness.

  • Tumidity
  • n.

    The quality or state of being tumid.

  • Turbidity
  • n.

    Turbidness.

  • Torpidity
  • n.

    Same as Torpidness.

  • Morbidity
  • n.

    The quality or state of being morbid.

  • Muddily
  • adv.

    In a muddy manner; turbidly; without mixture; cloudily; obscurely; confusedly.

  • Currently
  • adv.

    In a current manner; generally; commonly; as, it is currently believed.

  • Intumescence
  • n.

    The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially, the swelling up of bodies under the action of heat.