Deep-water sediment waves can be classified using a combination of grain size and wave-forming process,
although in some cases one or other of these criteria may be indeterminable. Sediment waves are generated beneath
currents flowing across the seabed, in the form of either downslope-flowing turbidity currents or alongslope-flowing
bottom currents. Waves formed by either process show varying characteristics, depending on whether they are
constructed of coarse- or fine-grained sediments. Sediment