Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences 3 International Symp
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Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research Volume 27
Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences 3rd International Symposium
Edited by
VASILIOS LYKOUSIS Institute of Oceanography Athens, Greece
DIMITRIS SAKELLARIOU Institute of Oceanography Athens, Greece
JACQUES LOCAT Laval University Québec, Canada
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TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD................................................................................................................................. xi
Section 1 - Role of submarine slides in margin development FRACTAL STATISTICS OF THE STOREGGA SLIDE A. Micallef, C. Berndt, D.G. Masson, D.A.V. Stow ………………….………………. 3 SUBMARINE PALEO-FAILURE MORPHOLOGY ON A GLACIATED CONTINENTAL MARGIN FROM 3D SEISMIC DATA J.S. Laberg, K. Andreassen …………………………………... ................................... 11 SLOPE INSTABILITY AND MASS TRANSPORT DEPOSITS ON THE GODAVARI RIVER DELTA, EAST INDIAN MARGIN FROM A REGIONAL GEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE C.F. Forsberg, A. Solheim, T.J. Kvalstad, R. Vaidya, S. Mohanty ............................... 19 REPEATED INSTABILITY OF THE NW AFRICAN MARGIN RELATED TO BURIED LANDSLIDE SCARPS A. Georgiopoulou, S. Krastel, D.G. Masson, R.B. Wynn …………….……………… 29 ALONG SLOPE VARIATIONS IN MASS FAILURES AND RELATIONSHIPS TO MAJOR PLIO-PLEISTOCENE MORPHOLOGICAL ELEMENTS, SW LABRADOR SEA M.E. Deptuck, D.C. Mosher, D.C. Campbell, J.E. Hughes-Clarke, D. Noseworthy .… 37 SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES ALONG THE NORTH ECUADOR – SOUTH COLOMBIA CONVERGENT MARGIN: POSSIBLE TECTONIC CONTROL G. Ratzov, M. Sosson, J.-Y. Collot, S. Migeon, F. Michaud, E. Lopez, Y. Le Gonidec ...............................…………………………… 47 THE SOUTHERN FLANK OF THE STOREGGA SLIDE: IMAGING AND GEOMORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSES USING 3D SEISMIC J. Gafeira, J. Bulat, D. Evans ...............................…………………………..............… 57 SUBMARINE MASS MOVEMENTS ON AN ACTIVE FAULT SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL GULF OF CORINTH M. Charalampakis, A. Stefatos, T. Hasiotis, G. Ferentinos .......................................… 67 ANALYSIS OF MULTIBEAM SEAFLOOR IMAGERY OF THE LAURENTIAN FAN AND THE 1929 GRAND BANKS LANDSLIDE AREA D.C. Mosher, D.J.W. Piper ...................………………………….............................… 77 LANDSLIDE AND GRAVITY FLOW FEATURES AND PROCESSES OF THE NAZARÉ AND SETÚBAL CANYONS, WEST IBERIAN MARGIN R.G. Arzola,
