Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences - 6th International Symposium (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, 37
Release date:	September 2013
First published:	2014
Editors:	Sebastian Krastel • Jan-Hinrich Behrmann • David Voelker • Michael Stipp • Christian Berndt • Roger Urgeles • Jason Chaytor • Katrin Huhn • Michael Strasser • Carl Bonnevie Harbitz
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 41mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	683
Edition:	2014 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-00971-1
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > Soil science, sedimentology Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > The hydrosphere > Oceanography (seas) Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Physical geography > General
LSN:	3-319-00971-0
Barcode:	9783319009711

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