Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences 5th International Symposium /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Yamada, Yasuhiro (Editor), Kawamura, Kiichiro (Editor), Ikehara, Ken (Editor), Ogawa, Yujiro (Editor), Urgeles, Roger (Editor), Mosher, David (Editor), Chaytor, Jason (Editor), Strasser, Michael (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research ; 31
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Sedimentology.; Oceanography.; Geotechnical engineering.; Physical geography.; Earth Sciences.; Physical Geography.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.

Submarine mass movements represent major offshore geohazards due to their destructive and tsunami-generation potential.  This potential poses a threat to human life as well as to coastal, nearshore and offshore engineering structures. Recent examples of catastrophic submarine landslide events that a...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Section I: Physical Properties of Sediments and Slope Stability Assessment
• Section II: Seafloor Geomorphology for Trigger Mechanisms and Landslide Dynamics
• Section III: Role of Fluid Flow in Slope Instability
• Section IV: Mechanics of Mass Wasting in Subduction Margins
• Section V: Post-Failure Dynamics
• Section VI: Landslide Generated Tsunamis.-  Section VII: Witnessing and Quasi-Witnessing of Slope Failures
• Section VIII: Architecture of Mass Transport Deposits/Complexes
• Section IX: Relevance of Natural Climate Change in Triggering Slope Failures.- Index.