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turbidity current
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turbidity current
n.
A swift downhill current in water, air, or other fluid, triggered by the weight of suspended material such as silt in a current flowing down a continental shelf or snow in an avalanche.
turbidity current
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a swirling mass of water and suspended material stirred up by a tsunami, a storm, a river in flood, etc.
turbidity current  (tr-bd-t)
A swift downhill current in water, air, or other fluid, triggered by the weight of suspended material such as silt in a current flowing down a continental shelf or snow in an avalanche.


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