From these turbidites the predicted history of turbidity currents in this area was determined, increasing the overall understanding of these currents.
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At the end of the canyon the turbidity current spreads out and creates giant fans of sediment that blanket the deep seafloor.
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Generally as soon as the flow begins to move, fluid turbulence results and the flow rapidly evolves into a turbidity current.
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Turbidity currents responsible for wave generation are interpreted as originating from slope failures on the adjacent Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname continental margins.
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Sediments were deposited in the ocean floor in the form of fans formed by turbidity currents off the side of a continental slope.
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It is now recognized that the vertical progression of sedimentary structures described by Bouma applies to turbidites deposited by low-density turbidity currents.
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In the long term numerical techniques are most likely the best hope of understanding and predicting three-dimensional turbidity current processes and deposits.
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A dense slurry of muds and sands accelerates towards the foot of the slope until the gradient levels off and the turbidity current slows.
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Much of this sediment is deposited from turbidity currents that have been channeled from the continental margins along submarine canyons down into deeper water.
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The extreme complexity of most turbidite systems and beds has promoted the development of quantitative models of turbidity current behaviour inferred solely from their deposits.
