10.6084/m9.figshare.3453884.v1
Judith Elger
Judith
Elger
Christian Berndt
Christian
Berndt
Sebastian Krastel
Sebastian
Krastel
David J. W. Piper
David J. W.
Piper
Felix Gross
Felix
Gross
Robert F. Spielhagen
Robert F.
Spielhagen
Sebastian Meyer
Sebastian
Meyer
The Fram Slide off Svalbard: a submarine landslide on a low-sedimentation-rate glacial continental margin
Geological Society of London
2016
margin Submarine slope failures
glacigenic deposition
slope failure
hazard assessment
contour currents
NW Europe
submarine landslides
Fram Slide
overpressure
opinion links
submarine landslide
hemipelagic material
NW Svalbard
gas hydrate system
data rule
glaciated NW
Geology
2016-06-21 11:44:38
Dataset
https://geolsoc.figshare.com/articles/dataset/The_Fram_Slide_off_Svalbard_a_submarine_landslide_on_a_low-sedimentation-rate_glacial_continental_margin/3453884
<p>Submarine slope failures are a widespread, hazardous phenomenon on continental margins. The prevailing opinion links large
submarine landslides along the glaciated NW European continental margins to overpressure generated by the alternation of rapidly
deposited glacigenic and hemipelagic material. Here, we report a newly discovered large landslide complex off NW Svalbard.
It differs from all known large slides off NW Europe, as the available data rule out that this slope failure resulted from
rapid glacigenic deposition. This suggests that processes such as contour currents, tectonic faulting, and overpressure build-up
related to the gas hydrate system must be considered for hazard assessment.
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