Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mosher, David C. (Editor), Shipp, R. Craig. (Editor), Moscardelli, Lorena. (Editor), Chaytor, Jason D. (Editor), Baxter, Christopher D. P. (Editor), Lee, Homa J. (Editor), Urgeles, Roger. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research ; 28
• Subjects: Geography.; Oceanography.; Physical geography.; Earth Sciences.; Physical Geography.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3071-9

Recent global events such as the devastating 1998 Papua New Guinea tsunami, the 2004 Sumatran tsunami and the 2006 SE Asia undersea network cable failure underscore the societal and economic effects of submarine mass movements. These events call upon the scientific community to understand submarine...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Summary
• 1. Application of new technologies and techniques in the study of mass transport deposits
• 2. Role of mass transport deposit occurrence in margin configuration
• 3. Mass waste evolution: From slumps and slides to distal turbidites
• 4. New approaches on slope stability analysis
• 5. Monitoring pore pressures in submarine slopes and sediment physical properties
• 6. Mass transport deposits in volcanic island settings
• 7. Mass transport deposits and their tsunamigenic risk
• 8. Impact of mass transport deposits in benthic ecosystems
• 9. Impact of mass transport deposits on sea floor structures / risk and mitigation
• 10. Mass transport deposits and its role in offshore hydrocarbon field development
• 11. Current challenges in the study of mass transport deposits and future directions
• 12. Triggering mechanisms of submarine mass movements
• Author Index.