Direct sampling during multiple sediment density flows reveals dynamic sediment transport and depositional environment in Monterey submarine canyon

Katherine L Maier1, Jenny A. Gales2, Charles K Paull3, Roberto Gwiazda3, Kurt J Rosenberger4, Mary McGann5, Eve M Lundsten3, Krystle Anderson6, Peter Talling7, Jingping Xu8, Daniel R Parsons9, James Barry10, Stephen Simmons9, Michael Andrew Clare11, Cristian Carvajal3, Monica Wolfson-Schwehr3, Esther Sumner11, Matthieu Cartigny12 and Monterey Coordinated Canyon Experiment Team, (1)National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand, (2)National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom, (3)Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (5)U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (6)Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, United States, (7)University of Durham, Durham, United Kingdom, (8)Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China, (9)University of Hull, Hull, HU6, United Kingdom, (10)Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Research, Moss Landing, CA, United States, (11)University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom, (12)University of Durham, Department of Geography, Durham, United Kingdom