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• n  muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended

• The turbidity currents probably started near land.
• Marine biologists call this the zone of maximum turbidity -- literally, where the water becomes cloudy from mixing.
• Heezen also studied the role of turbidity currents (underwater rivers of mud) in shaping the contours of the sea floor, and theorized that glassy particles called tektites in the .

• turbidness

News & Articles

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• Oslo dock, dredging ideas hit resistance; FIND likely to pass 7 other local projects
  A proposal to extend the Oslo boat ramp dock and dredge the waters deeper would give larger boats access, but the work could create turbidity and damage seagrasses.
  June 20, 2013 - St. Lucie News Tribune

Quotes

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• Dr John Blatherwick in National Post
  We'll make the decision based on those factors the turbidity coming down, and the bacteriological counts,Blatherwick said.