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The team, led by Dr. Dan Parsons and Dr. Jeff Peakall from the University of Leeds, has been able to study the detailed flow within these channels.

Dr Parsons quoted as: " The channel complex and the density flow provide the ideal natural laboratory for investigating and detailing the structure of the flow field through the channel.

Our initial findings show that the flow in these channels is quite different to the flow in river channels on land.

Specifically as flow moves around a bend it spirals in the opposite direction in the deep sea compared to the spiral to that found in river channels on land.

This is important in understanding the sedimentology and layers of sediment deposited by these systems.