Sedimentation under deep-sea storms
Abstract
Fast currents, high concentrations of suspended sediment and grooved mud beds are associated with erosion in frequent abyssal storms where a fast deep mean flow is augmented (or reversed) by intense intermittent currents. This occurs about 5 km below the Gulf Stream or its rings. The waning phase of a storm results in development of bedforms and rapid deposition of a mud blanket. Several other regions of the world ocean display evidence of abyssal storm activity.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- May 1984
- DOI:
- 10.1038/309220a0
- Bibcode:
- 1984Natur.309..220H