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A submarine canyon refers to a steep-sided valley cut into the sea floor of the continental slope. It is formed through turbidity currents that carve out the submarine canyons in the continental shelf.

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A submarine canyon is a geologic structure like a canyon on the surface of the earth, except it is under water. It's just that simple.

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The continental margin.

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How is an ocean submarine canyon formed?

Powerful turbidity currents, earthquakes, or movements on a continental slope can form a submarine canyon.


How is submarine canyons formed?

A submarine canyon refers to a steep-sided valley cut into the sea floor of the continental slope. It is formed through turbidity currents that carve out the submarine canyons in the continental shelf.


How is a canyons formed?

A submarine canyon refers to a steep-sided valley cut into the sea floor of the continental slope. It is formed through turbidity currents that carve out the submarine canyons in the continental shelf.


Is their a submarine in the black canyon?

no


What Submarine canyon?

A valley that is underwater.


What Submarine canyon means?

A valley that is underwater.


What is the relationship between a submarine canyon and the continental slope?

I am totally not sure myself but i believe that the submarine canyon cna build off of a continental slope


Was the Grand Canyon formed by a crater?

No. The Grand Canyon was formed by the Colorado River.


Was the providence canyon formed by a crater?

Providence canyon was formed by erosion due to poor farming practices in th 1800's. Providene canyon was NOT formed by a crater.


What canyon was formed by the Colorado River?

The Grand Canyon.


What is the largest canyon formed by the Colorado river?

Black canyon


When was the Grand Canyon created and by who?

The grand canyon was formed thousands of years ago it was formed by rushing waters that carved out the mile deep canyon