What Was the Original Cause of the 1929 Turbidity Currents

question 30

Multiple Choice

What was the original cause of the 1929 turbidity currents that cut submarine cables off of Newfoundland?

• A) a tsunami
• B) a ML 7.2 earthquake
• C) a submarine landslide
• D) the grounding of a massive iceberg that caused the seafloor to fail

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