Extreme Turbidity Current Event – Congo Submarine Canyon, West Africa

Underwater avalanche continued for two days (Jonathan AMOS, BBC News; June 7, 2021)

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-57382529

Selected Research Articles:

Routing of terrestrial organic matter from the Congo River to the ultimate sink in the abyss: a mass balance approach (BAUDIN et al., 2020)

https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-02945073/document

Newly recognized turbidity current structure can explain prolonged flushing of submarine canyons (AZPIROZ-ZABALA et al., 2017)

https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/10/e1700200?rss=1&intcmp=trendmd-adv

Geochemistry of the Congo River, estuary and plume (SPENCER et al., 2014)

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Aron_Stubbins/publication/277714118_Geochemistry_of_the_Congo_River_Estuary_and_Plume/links/56effafe08ae52f8ad7f8737/Geochemistry-of-the-Congo-River-Estuary-and-Plume.pdf

Morphogenesis of Congo submarine canyon and valley: implications about the theories of canyon formation (FERRY et al., 2004)

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.3166/ga.17.241-251

N. B.: Alert to recent BBC News article given to me by my friend and former colleague – Jackie FISCHER