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- Unique subject that is addressed in very few other publications and interest is growing rapidly
- Presents the most up to date knowledge from interdisciplinary fields of submarine mass movements and their consequences
- Offers full spectrum of challenges presented by major offshore and coastal hazards
Part of the book series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research (NTHR, volume 41)
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Table of contents (61 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Submarine Mass Movement in Margin Construction and Economic Significance
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Failure Dynamics from Landslide Geomorphology
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Geotechnical Aspects of Mass Movement
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About this book
This book is a comprehensive collection of state-of-the-art studies of seafloor slope instability and their societal implications. The volume captures the most recent and exciting scientific progress made in this research field.
As the world’s climate and energy needs change, the conditions under which slope instability occurs and needs to be considered, are also changing. The science and engineering of submarine – or more widely subaqueous – mass movements is greatly benefiting from advances in seafloor and sub-seafloor surveying technologies. Ultra-high-resolution seafloor mapping and 3D seismic reflection cubes are becoming commonly available datasets that are dramatically increasing our knowledge of the mechanisms and controls of subaqueous slope failure. Monitoring of slope deformation, repeat surveying and deep drilling, on the other hand, are emerging as important new techniques for understanding the temporal scales of slope instability. In essence, rapid advances in technology are being readily incorporated into scientific research and as a result, our understanding of submarine mass movements is increasing at a very fast rate. The volume also marks the beginning of the third IGCP project for the submarine mass movement research community, IGCP-640 S4SLIDE (Significance of Modern and Ancient Submarine Slope LandSLIDEs). The Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences symposium is the biannual meeting under the IGCP umbrella.
Editors and Affiliations
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National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Wellington, New Zealand
Geoffroy Lamarche, Joshu Mountjoy, Susanne Woelz
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GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Suzanne Bull, Christof Mueller
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School of Geosciences , The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Tom Hubble
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Institute of Geosciences, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Sebastian Krastel
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National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Christchurch, New Zealand
Emily Lane
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University of Malta, Msida, Malta
Aaron Micallef
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Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, USA
Lorena Moscardelli
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The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Ingo Pecher
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Submarine Mass Movements and their Consequences
Book Subtitle: 7th International Symposium
Editors: Geoffroy Lamarche, Joshu Mountjoy, Suzanne Bull, Tom Hubble, Sebastian Krastel, Emily Lane, Aaron Micallef, Lorena Moscardelli, Christof Mueller, Ingo Pecher, … Susanne Woelz
Series Title: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20979-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-20978-4Published: 14 October 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37245-7Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-20979-1Published: 02 October 2015
Series ISSN: 1878-9897
Series E-ISSN: 2213-6959
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 621
Topics: Oceanography, Physical Geography, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Sedimentology, Natural Hazards