| Titre | Do dissociating gas hydrates play a role in triggering submarine slope failures? A case study from the northern Cascadia margin |
| Auteur | Scholz, N A; Riedel, M; Spence, G D; Hyndman, R D; James, T; Naegeli, K; Dugan, B; Pohlman, J; Hamilton, T |
| Source | Proceedings of the 7th International conference on gas hydrates (ICGH 2011); par ICGH 2011 Committee; 2011, 8 pages; 1 CD-ROM |
| Liens | Online - En ligne (pdf 4.36 MB)
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| Année | 2011 |
| Séries alt. | Secteur des sciences de la Terre, Contribution externe 20110046 |
| Réunion | 7th International Conference on Gas Hydrates; Edinburgh; GB; juillet 17-21, 2011 |
| Document | livre |
| Lang. | anglais |
| Media | en ligne; numérique |
| Formats | pdf |
| Province | Région extracotière de l'ouest |
| SNRC | 92D |
| Lat/Long OENS | -128.0000 -126.0000 49.0000 48.0000 |
| Sujets | glissements de pentes; glissements de terrain; talus continental; dépôts de pentes; stabilité des pentes; coulées de débris; dépôts de coulée de débris; gaz; hydrate; interpretations sismiques; carottes;
variations du niveau de la mer; changements du niveau de la mer; pressions interstitielles; resistance au cisaillement; débit de sedimentation; cadre tectonique; datations au radiocarbone; établissement de modèles; Plaque de Juan de Fuca; Plaque
d'Explorer ; tectonique; sédimentologie; géologie marine; géophysique; géochronologie |
| Programme | Hydrates de gaz, Caractérisation des Hydrates de gaz |
| Résumé | (disponible en anglais seulement)
Swath bathymetry from the northern Cascadia margin offshore Vancouver Island, Canada reveals several submarine landslides on the seaward slopes of the
deformation frontal ridges. The slides occur in the thick accretionary prism of the subducting Juan de Fuca and Explorer plates. Possible trigger mechanisms for the slope failures include strong earthquake shaking, pore pressure changes induced by
sea-level changes, and the dissociation of gas hydrates. This study focuses on two slide features of different morphology, representing the two end-members of the range of morphologies found on the margin. Orca Slide resembles a debris flow, while
Slipstream Slide consists of large internally coherent sediment blocks. The presence of gas hydrates is interpreted from of a bottom simulating reflector (BSR) in regional seismic data around both slides. Near Orca Slide additional evidence for gas
hydrate is available from core and logging data of Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 311, Site U1326. We compared the timing of rapid local sealevel change with the results from radiocarbon age dating and sulfate-reduction rate
modeling of previous studies on collected sediment cores to constrain the ages of the slides and potential trigger mechanisms. A link between slump-failures and gas hydrate dissociation is excess pore pressure. We determine the amount of excess
pressure needed to trigger slope failure by examining sea-level changes, tectonic uplift, sedimentation rate, and sediment physical properties such as pore pressure, sediment shear strength, porosity, sediment permeability, and gas hydrate
concentration. The estimation of the present state of slope stability, the reconstruction of the slide dynamics and of the subsequent forces on the overlying water column have the potential to contribute to the assessment of local tsunami
hazard. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 288659 |
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