Longest sediment flows yet measured show how major rivers connect efficiently to deep sea

This paper analyses the longest sediment flows measured in action on Earth. These seabed flows were caused by floods and spring tides, and flushed prodigious sediment and carbon volumes into the deep sea, as they accelerated for a thousand kilometres.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Peter J. Talling, Megan L. Baker, Ed L. Pope, Sean C. Ruffell, Ricardo Silva Jacinto, Maarten S. Heijnen, Sophie Hage, Stephen M. Simmons, Martin Hasenhündl, Catharina J. Heerema, Claire McGhee, Ronan Apprioual, Anthony Ferrant, Matthieu J. B. Cartigny, Daniel R. Parsons, Michael A. Clare, Raphael M. Tshimanga, Mark A. Trigg, Costa A. Cula, Rui Faria, Arnaud Gaillot, Gode Bola, Dec Wallance, Allan Griffiths, Robert Nunny, Morelia Urlaub, Christine Peirce, Richard Burnett, Jeffrey Neasham, Robert J. Hilton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31689-3