Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences

Submarine mass movements represent major offshore geohazards due to their destructive, tsunami-generating potential; dangers that will only increase as sea levels rise. This volume features the latest scientific research into their features and consequences.

Unique subject that is addressed in very few other publications and interest is growing rapidly State of knowledge of submarine mass movements and their consequences Engineering and environmental considerations of submarine slope failures Tsunami potential of submarine mass movements

Inhalt
Preface.- Section I: Physical Properties of Sediments and Slope Stability Assessment.- Section II: Seafloor Geomorphology for Trigger Mechanisms and Landslide Dynamics.- Section III: Role of Fluid Flow in Slope Instability.- Section IV: Mechanics of Mass Wasting in Subduction Margins.- Section V: Post-Failure Dynamics.- Section VI: Landslide Generated Tsunamis.- Section VII: Witnessing and Quasi-Witnessing of Slope Failures.- Section VIII: Architecture of Mass Transport Deposits/Complexes.- Section IX: Relevance of Natural Climate Change in Triggering Slope Failures.- Index.