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Hudson and Monterey and Hatteras are examples of?
submarine canyons
What causes submarine canyons?
passive margins
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.
Deep valleys that run through a continental slope are called?
Submarine canyons. These are steep-sided valleys that cut into the continental slope and sometimes extend onto the continental shelf. Submarine canyons can be formed by various processes, including erosion from turbidity currents or underwater landslides.
Why are you more likely to find submarine canyons in areas where the continental shelf drops quikly to the abyssal plain?
grand canyon
How are turbidity current and submarine canyons related?
By mud slides
How are turbidity currents related to submarine canyons?
Created by a series of complex processes, submarine canyons continue to be carved by sporadic turbidity currents waterfalls of sand, gravel, and muddy sediments.
What are V shaped valleys in the continental shelf and continental slope are called?
V-shaped valleys in the continental shelf and slope are called submarine canyons. These are deep, steep-sided valleys that cut across the continental margin and are often formed by underwater processes such as turbidity currents or erosion by underwater currents. Submarine canyons can be comparable in scale to canyons found on land.
Explain how turbidity currents are related to submarine canyons?
Created by a series of complex processes, submarine canyons continue to be carved by sporadic turbidity currents waterfalls of sand, gravel, and muddy sediments.
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.
What are valleys that lead from the continental shelf into deeper waters are known as?
Submarine Canyons
It is thought that submarine canyons on the continental slope have been generated by?
turbidity currents
