Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mosher, David C. (Editor), Shipp, R. Craig (Editor), Moscardelli, Lorena (Editor), Chaytor, Jason D. (Editor), Baxter, Christopher D. P. (Editor), Lee, Homa J. (Editor), Urgeles, Roger (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research ; 28
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Oceanography.; Physical geography.; Earth Sciences.; Physical Geography.

Recent global events such as the devastating 1998 Papua New Guinea tsunami, the 2004 Sumatran tsunami and the 2006 SE Asia undersea network cable failure underscore the societal and economic effects of submarine mass movements. These events call upon the scientific community to understand submarine...