Turbidity Currents Flow Down the Continental Slope Until They Come

question 29

Multiple Choice

Turbidity currents flow down the continental slope until they come to rest on ___.

• A) the continental shelf
• B) the mid-oceanic ridge
• C) a guyot
• D) the abyssal plain
• E) a submarine trench

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