Fast-moving Waterfalls in the Deep Sea
surveying deep underwater, has meant that such a wealth of time-lapse surveying does not exist for submarine channels. Instead, most of our understanding has been based on scaled-down laboratory models or from one-off seafloor surveys that only capture a snapshot in time.Dr. Matthieu Cartigny from Durham University commented, “We think that knickpoints play an important role in many other submarine channels around the world. Understanding how these fast-moving features behave is important for determining how and where all sorts of particles, including sediment, organic carbon and microplastics,
'Smart Boulders' Measure Seafloor Avalanches
, which aims to better understand how natural hazards impact infrastructure and society. The field program was led by Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, supported by United States Geological Survey, Ocean University of China, Quindao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Durham University, Hull University, University of Southampton and National Oceanography Center