Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences 6th International Symposium /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Krastel, Sebastian (Editor), Behrmann, Jan-Hinrich (Editor), Völker, David (Editor), Stipp, Michael (Editor), Berndt, Christian (Editor), Urgeles, Roger (Editor), Chaytor, Jason (Editor), Huhn, Katrin (Editor), Strasser, Michael (Editor), Harbitz, Carl Bonnevie (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, 37
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Sedimentology.; Oceanography.; Geotechnical engineering.; Physical geography.; Earth Sciences.; Physical Geography.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.

Submarine mass movements are a hidden geohazard with large destructive potential for submarine installations and coastal areas. This hazard and associated risk is growing in proportion with increasing population of coastal urban agglomerations, industrial infrastructure, and coastal tourism. Also, t...

Table of Contents:

• Physical properties of sediments
• Gas hydrates and role of interstitial fluids in submarine slope failure
• Slope stability and risk assessment
• Monitoring, observation and repeated surveys of active slope failure processes
• Understanding failure processes from submarine landslide geomorphology
• Interaction between ocean circulation and MTDs
• Landslide generated tsunamis
• Long-term record of submarine landslides and MTD paleoseismology
• Outcrops of ancient submarine landslides.