Submarine meandering thalweg and turbidity, currents flowing for 4,000 km in the, Northwest Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel, Labrador Sea

Research Article| September 01, 1976 Submarine meandering thalweg and turbidity, currents flowing for 4,000 km in the, Northwest Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel, Labrador Sea S. Chough; S. Chough 1Department of Geological Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Reinhard Hesse Reinhard Hesse 1Department of Geological Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information S. Chough 1Department of Geological Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Reinhard Hesse 1Department of Geological Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (1976) 4 (9): 529–533. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1976)4<529:SMTATC>2.0.CO;2 Article history First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation S. Chough, Reinhard Hesse; Submarine meandering thalweg and turbidity, currents flowing for 4,000 km in the, Northwest Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel, Labrador Sea. Geology 1976;; 4 (9): 529–533. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1976)4<529:SMTATC>2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract For the first time, the existence of a meandering thalweg and associated point bars has been documented in detail for a mid-ocean channel. In the world's largest deep-sea channel, the Northwest Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel of the Labrador Sea, average meander wave length of the thalweg is 50 km between lat 54° and 57°30′N. The ratio of the meander wave length to channel width is less than that for alluvial channels. Sediments recovered from the channel and natural levees are indicative of sedimentary mass transport in the channel by turbidity currents and related processes, some of which probably extended the entire length of the channel. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.