How do ∼2° slopes fail in areas of slow sedimentation? A sensitivity study on the influence of accumulation rate and permeability on submarine slope stability

Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences - 5th International Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 277-287

  Urlaub, Morelia ^a   Zervos, Antonis ^b   Talling, Peter J ^a   Masson, Doug G ^a   Clayton, Chris I ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continental margin; Overpressure; Slope stability modeling; Submarine landslide

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SUBMARINES;

2D NUMERICAL MODELLING; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; OVERPRESSURE; PASSIVE CONTINENTAL MARGIN; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; STABILITY MODELS; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES; SUBMARINE SLOPE FAILURES;

SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 84886313942     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2162-3_25     Document Type: Conference Paper

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