| Title | The fram slide off svalbard: A submarine landslide on a lowsedimentation- rate glacial continental margin |
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| Author | Elger, J; Berndt, C; Krastel, S; Piper, D J W ; Gross, F; Spielhagen, R F; Meyer, S |
| Source | Journal of the Geological Society vol. 172, 2, 2015 p. 153-156, https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2014-055  Open Access |
| Year | 2015 |
| Alt Series | Natural Resources Canada, Contribution Series 20182400 |
| Publisher | Geological Society of London |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Released | 2014 12 23 |
| Abstract | 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. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 310986 |
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