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giant underwater avalancheZME Science
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A massive underwater avalanche took place 60,000 years ago on the Agadir Canyon , off the coast of Northwest Africa .
The event in question, known as the “Bed 5 event,” started as a relatively small underwater landslide.
It grew and grew, gathering a massive volume of around 1.5 cubic kilometers .
Mud played a pivotal role in the Bed 5 event’s extreme bulking.
The findings from this study have profound implications for our understanding of submarine gravity flows.
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