[HTML][HTML] The landslide problem

G Shanmugam, Y Wang - Journal of Palaeogeography, 2015 - Elsevier
The synonymous use of the general term “landslide”, with a built-in reference to a sliding
motion, for all varieties of mass-transport deposits (MTD), which include slides, slumps …

[HTML][HTML] Characterisation of weak layers, physical controls on their global distribution and their role in submarine landslide formation

R Gatter, MA Clare, J Kuhlmann, K Huhn - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Submarine landslides pose a hazard to coastal communities as they can generate powerful
tsunamis, and threaten critical offshore infrastructure such as seafloor cable networks that …

Free gas accumulations in basal shear zones of mass-transport deposits (Pearl River Mouth Basin, South China Sea): An important geohazard on continental slope …

Q Sun, T Alves, X Xie, J He, W Li, X Ni - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2017 - Elsevier
Free gas is an important trigger of instability on continental slopes, and resulting mass-
wasting strata can potentially form competent seals to hydrocarbon accumulations. This …

Petrophysics of fine-grained mass-transport deposits: A critical review

Q Sun, T Alves - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Submarine slope failures and their products occur at variable scales on continental margins
and island flanks. Here, we review the petrophysics of fine-grained mass-transport deposits …

[PDF][PDF] Slides, slumps, debris flows, turbidity currents, hyperpycnal flows, and bottom currents

G Shanmugam - Encyclopedia of ocean sciences, 2019 - researchgate.net
Since the birth of modern deep-sea exploration by the voyage of HMS Challenger (21
December 1872–24 May 1876), organized by the Royal Society of London and the Royal …

Basal shear zones of recurrent mass transport deposits serve as potential reservoirs for gas hydrates in the Central Canyon area, South China Sea

C Liang, C Liu, X Xie, X Yu, Y He, M Su, H Chen… - Marine Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
Recurrent mass transport deposits (MTD) not only act as competent seals trapping fluids, but
their basal shear zones connected by pipes also serve as potential reservoirs for gas …

Source and progression of a submarine landslide and tsunami: The 1964 Great Alaska earthquake at Valdez

T Parsons, EL Geist, HF Ryan, HJ Lee… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Like many subduction zone earthquakes, the deadliest aspects of the 1964 M= 9.2 Alaska
earthquake were the tsunamis it caused. The worst of these were generated by local …

Exploring the Recovery Lakes region and interior Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, with airborne gravity, magnetic and radar measurements

R Forsberg, AV Olesen, F Ferraccioli, TA Jordan… - 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Long-range airborne geophysical measurements were carried out in the ICEGRAV
campaigns, covering hitherto unexplored parts of interior East Antarctica and part of the …

Architecture and development of a multi-stage Baiyun submarine slide complex in the Pearl River Canyon, northern South China Sea

L Wang, SG Wu, QP Li, DW Wang, SY Fu - Geo-Marine Letters, 2014 - Springer
The Baiyun submarine slide complex (BSSC) along the Pearl River Canyon of the northern
South China Sea has been imaged by multibeam bathymetry and 2D/3D seismic data. By …

Exhumed lateral margins and increasing flow confinement of a submarine landslide complex

HL Brooks, DM Hodgson, RL Brunt, J Peakall… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Submarine landslides, including the basal shear surfaces along which they fail, and their
subsequent infill, are commonly observed in modern seabed and seismic reflection data …