How are subaqueous sediment density flows triggered, what is their internal structure and how does it evolve? Direct observations from monitoring of active flows

PJ Talling, CK Paull, DJW Piper - Earth-Science Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Subaqueous sediment density flows are one of the volumetrically most important processes
for moving sediment across our planet, and form the largest sediment accumulations on …

Contemporary sediment-transport processes in submarine canyons

P Puig, A Palanques, J Martín - Annual review of marine science, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Submarine canyons are morphological incisions into continental margins that act as major
conduits of sediment from shallow-to deep-sea regions. However, the exact mechanisms …

Subaqueous sediment density flows: Depositional processes and deposit types

PJ Talling, DG Masson, EJ Sumner… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Submarine sediment density flows are one of the most important processes for moving
sediment across our planet, yet they are extremely difficult to monitor directly. The speed of …

Uniform California earthquake rupture forecast, version 3 (UCERF3)—The time‐independent model

EH Field, RJ Arrowsmith, GP Biasi… - Bulletin of the …, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The 2014 Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities (WGCEP14)
present the time‐independent component of the Uniform California Earthquake Rupture …

Processes that initiate turbidity currents and their influence on turbidites: a marine geology perspective

DJW Piper, WR Normark - Journal of Sedimentary …, 2009 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
How the processes that initiate turbidity currents influence turbidite deposition is poorly
understood, and many discussions in the literature rely on concepts that are overly …

Holocene earthquake record offshore Portugal (SW Iberia): testing turbidite paleoseismology in a slow-convergence margin

E Gracia, A Vizcaino, C Escutia, A Asioli… - Quaternary Science …, 2010 - Elsevier
The SW margin of the Iberian Peninsula hosts the present-day boundary between the
Eurasian and African Plates. Convergence (4–5mm/yr) is accommodated through a wide …

Lake sediments as natural seismographs: A compiled record of Late Quaternary earthquakes in Central Switzerland and its implication for Alpine deformation

M Strasser, K Monecke, M Schnellmann… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Central Switzerland lies tectonically in an intraplate area and recurrence rates of strong
earthquakes exceed the time span covered by historic chronicles. However, many lakes are …

Lake sediments record high intensity shaking that provides insight into the location and rupture length of large earthquakes on the Alpine Fault, New Zealand

JD Howarth, SJ Fitzsimons, RJ Norris… - Earth and Planetary …, 2014 - Elsevier
Understanding the seismic hazard posed by large earthquakes requires paleoseismic
investigation because most faults have not ruptured repeatedly during the period of historic …

Submarine paleoseismology based on turbidite records

C Goldfinger - Annual Review of Marine Science, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Many of the largest earthquakes are generated at subduction zones or other plate boundary
fault systems near enough to the coast that marine environments may record evidence of …

Rupture area and displacement of past Cascadia great earthquakes from coastal coseismic subsidence

LJ Leonard, CA Currie, S Mazzotti… - …, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Coastal marshes record a 6500 yr history of coseismic displacements in great earthquakes
at the Cascadia subduction zone. We compiled estimates of coseismic displacement for past …