We summarize the importance of great earthquakes (Mw & 8) for hazards, stratigraphy of basin floors, and turbidite lithology along the active tectonic continental margins of the Cascadia subduction zone and the northern San Andreas Transform Fault by utilizing studies of swath bathymetry visual core descriptions, grain size analysis, Xray radiographs and physical properties. Recurrence times of...

Interplay of deep-water sedimentary processes is responsible for building a myriad features and deposits across mixed turbidite–contourite systems, from <5 cm beds to >200 km long drifts. Investigations the spatial temporal variability their facies associations crucial reveal dynamics between along-slope bottom currents down-slope turbidity currents, as well impact on drift construction channel...

Oceanic currents can profoundly reshape the seafloor and even modify characteristics of turbidite systems. Multiple erosional depositional features directly formed by bottom (i.e. contourites), as well interaction between turbidity or systems mixed turbidite-contourite systems) have been identified in Mozambique Channel (SW Indian Ocean) multibeam bathymetry, seismic reflection data, sub-bottom...