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

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How is a submarine canyon 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 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.


A v shaped valley below the ocean is known as a?

A v-shaped valley below the ocean is known as a submarine canyon, formed through a combination of erosion from currents, sediments, and tectonic activity.


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.


Two ships are in the ocean, 8 miles apart. Their sonar equipment each detects a submarine that has surfaced. The angle formed by the first ship to the submarine is 55°, and the angle formed by the second ship to the submarine is 44°?

5.6 mi


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


What has been discovered in the ocean?

Besides many different types of sea life, mountains and deep valleys have been found. Some of the valley are as deep as the Grand Canyon and no one knows how it was formed. The Grand Canyon was formed by the Colorado River but we have no idea about the ones on the ocean floors.


Was the Grand Canyon formed by a crater?

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


What are the Details on how the shape of the grand canyon is formed?

there was a big river or ocean that cut away the ground, but the water level dropped