Go big or die out: Bifurcation and bimodality in submarine sediment flow behaviour

Peter Talling1, Charles K Paull2, Gwyn Lintern3, Roberto Gwiazda4, Matthieu Cartigny5, John E Hughes Clarke6, Jingping Xu7, Michael Andrew Clare8, Daniel R Parsons9, Stephen Simmons10, Katherine L Maier11, Jenny A. Gales8, Sophie Hage12, Mary McGann13, Ed Pope14, Kurt J Rosenberger15, Cooper Stacey16, James Barry17, Eve M Lundsten2, Krystle Anderson18, Thomas C O'Reilly2, Natasha Chapplow19, Daniela Vendettuoli20 and Monterey Coordinate Canyon Experiment (CCE) Team and Bute Inlet Team, (1)University of Durham, Earth Sciences and Geography, Durham, United Kingdom, (2)Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States, (3)Geological Survey of Canada, sidney, BC, Canada, (4)Monterey Bay Aquarium Res Inst, Moss Landing, CA, United States, (5)University of Durham, Department of Geography, Durham, United Kingdom, (6)Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping Joint Hydrographic Center, Durham, NH, United States, (7)Southern University of Science and Technology, Department of Ocean Science and Engineering, Shenzhen, China, (8)National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom, (9)University of Hull, Energy & Environment Institute, Hull, United Kingdom, (10)University of Hull, School of Environmental Sciences, Hull, HU6, United Kingdom, (11)National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand, (12)Universite Paris-Saclay, Geosciences, Paris, France, (13)Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (14)University of Durham, Departments of Geography and Earth Science, Durham, United Kingdom, (15)U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (16)Natural Resources Canada, Sidney, BC, Canada, (17)Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Research, Moss Landing, CA, United States, (18)MBARI, Moss Landing, CA, United States, (19)University of Durham, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham, United Kingdom, (20)University of Southampton, & NOC, Southampton, United Kingdom