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turbidity currents
Coverage of turbidity currents in the Nexus archive.
- China study finds subsea cable-wrecking supercurrents more common than realised
A study led by Tsinghua University found that turbidity currents, undersea flows capable of damaging subsea cables, are more common than previously believed. These currents form in environments like reservoirs and lakes, where they were thought impossible, challenging prior assumptions about their behavior.