Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences 6th International Symposium /

Submarine mass movements are a hidden geohazard with large destructive potential for submarine installations and coastal areas. This hazard and associated risk is growing in proportion with increasing population of coastal urban agglomerations, industrial infrastructure, and coastal tourism. Also, t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Krastel, Sebastian (Editor ), Behrmann, Jan-Hinrich (Editor ), Völker, David (Editor ), Stipp, Michael (Editor ), Berndt, Christian (Editor ), Urgeles, Roger (Editor ), Chaytor, Jason (Editor ), Huhn, Katrin (Editor ), Strasser, Michael (Editor ), Harbitz, Carl Bonnevie (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, 37
Temas:
Oceanography.
Physical geography.
Geotechnical engineering.
Sedimentology.
Ocean Sciences.
Physical Geography.
Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
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Sumario:Submarine mass movements are a hidden geohazard with large destructive potential for submarine installations and coastal areas. This hazard and associated risk is growing in proportion with increasing population of coastal urban agglomerations, industrial infrastructure, and coastal tourism. Also, the intensified use of the seafloor for natural resource production, and deep sea cables constitutes an increasing risk. Submarine slides may alter the coastline and bear a high tsunamogenic potential. There is a potential link of submarine mass wasting with climate change, as submarine landslides can uncover and release large amounts greenhouse gases, mainly methane, that are now stored in marine sediments.  The factors that govern the stability of submarine slopes against failure, the processes that lead to slope collapses and the collapse processes by themselves need to be better understood in order to foresee and prepare society for potentially hazardous events. This book volume consists of a collection of cutting edge scientific research by international experts in the field, covering geological, geophysical, engineering and environmental aspects of submarine slope failures. The focus is on understanding the full spectrum of challenges presented by this major coastal and offshore geohazard.
Descripción Física:XVI, 683 p. 264 illus., 231 illus. in color. online resource.
ISBN:9783319009728
ISSN:2213-6959 ;

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