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Esther Sumner describes direct observations of turbidity currents and the challenge of instrumenting active submarine canyons. Smart boulders and acoustic current measurements reveal how these large, long-lasting underwater flows transport sediment. The discussion includes an underwater robot’s accidental encounter with an active current in California’s Mendocino Canyon.
Topics
- turbidity currents, search World Wide
- submarine canyons, search World Wide
- Smart boulders, search World Wide
- acoustic current measurements, broader topic: measurements
- underwater flows, search World Wide
- underwater robot, search World Wide
- Mendocino Canyon, search World Wide
- active submarine canyons, search World Wide