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Lessons learned from monitoring of turbidity currents and guidance for future platform designs

April 28, 2020

Turbidity currents transport globally significant volumes of sediment and organic carbon into the deep-sea and pose a hazard to critical infrastructure. Despite advances in technology, their powerful nature often damages expensive instruments placed in their path. These challenges mean that turbidity currents have only been measured in a few locations worldwide, in relatively shallow water depths (

Publication Year 2020
Title Lessons learned from monitoring of turbidity currents and guidance for future platform designs
DOI 10.1144/SP500-2019-173
Authors Michael Clare, D. Gwyn Lintern, Kurt J. Rosenberger, John Hughes Clarke, Charles K. Paull, Roberto Gwiazda, Matthieu J.B. Cartigny, Peter J. Talling, Daniel Perara, Jingping Xu, Daniel Parsons, Ricardo Silva Jacinto, Ronan Apprioual
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Special Publications
Index ID 70209754
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
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