Submarine LAndslides and Their impact on European continental margins

Project Information

SLATE

Grant agreement ID: 721403

DOI

10.3030/721403

Project closed

EC signature date 13 March 2017

Start date 1 April 2017

End date 30 September 2021

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost

€ 3 894 543,36

EU contribution

€ 3 894 543,36

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITAET BREMEN
Germany

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Other (3)

Development of a Mobile Application
Public lectures

Public lectures M9 M19 M29 M39

Supervisory Board of the network

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Documents, reports (11)

Quantification of sediment-physical properties vs. pore pressure changes incl. key role of sediment texture

Scientific publication of results

Quantification of different trigger mechanisms - climate change vs. earthquake shaking vs. geological settings

Scientific publication of results

Quantification of landslide emplacement - transition on tsunamigenesis

Scientific publication of results

Statistical analyses of submarine landslide frequency e.g. in relationship to sea level

Scientific publication of results

Sediment classification in hazard prone areas - quantification of coastal impact of volcanic island landslides vs. margin slope failure

Scientific publication of results

Validation of key role of margin architecture on (a) slope failure (b) timing, (c) location; & (d) on long-term trends and recurrence rates

Scientific publication of results

Estimation of tsunamigenic potential for various submarine landslide evolutions and parameter values

Scientific publication of results

Quantification of controlling factors of transport dynamics: key role of sediment properties

Scientific publication of results

Conference abstracts

Conference abstracts M12 M42

Outreach plan completed
Assessing submarine hazards in Europe’s continental margins

Scientific publication of results

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SLATE website

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (31)

Geostatistical characterization of internal structure of mass-transport deposits from seismic reflection images and borehole logs

Author(s): Jonathan Ford, Angelo Camerlenghi
Published in: Geophysical Journal International, Issue 221/1, 2020, Page(s) 318-333, ISSN 0956-540X
Publisher: Geological Society by Blackwell Scientific
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggz570

What determines the downstream evolution of turbidity currents?

Author(s): Catharina J. Heerema, Peter J. Talling, Matthieu J. Cartigny, Charles K. Paull, Lewis Bailey, Stephen M. Simmons, Daniel R. Parsons, Michael A. Clare, Roberto Gwiazda, Eve Lundsten, Krystle Anderson, Katherine L. Maier, Jingping P. Xu, Esther J. Sumner, Kurt Rosenberger, Jenny Gales, Mary McGann, Lionel Carter, Edward Pope
Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Issue 532, 2020, Page(s) 116023, ISSN 0012-821X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.116023

Morphology and spatio-temporal distribution of lacustrine mass-transport deposits in Wörthersee, Eastern Alps, Austria

Author(s): Christoph Daxer, Maddalena Sammartini, Ariana Molenaar, Thomas Piechl, Michael Strasser, Jasper Moernaut
Published in: Geological Society, London, Special Publications, Issue 500/1, 2020, Page(s) 235-254, ISSN 0305-8719
Publisher: Geological Society Publishing House
DOI: 10.1144/sp500-2019-179

The compressible granular collapse in a fluid as a continuum: validity of a Navier–Stokes model with , -rheology

Author(s): Matthias Rauter
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Issue 915, 2021, ISSN 0022-1120
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2021.107

Tsunamis From Submarine Collapses Along the Eastern Slope of the Gela Basin (Strait of Sicily)

Author(s): Filippo Zaniboni, Gianluca Pagnoni, Maria Ausilia Paparo, Tugdual Gauchery, Marzia Rovere, Andrea Argnani, Alberto Armigliato, Stefano Tinti
Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science, Issue 8, 2021, ISSN 2296-6463
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
DOI: 10.3389/feart.2020.602171

Morphology of retrogressive failures in the Eastern Rhone interfluve during the last glacial maximum (Gulf of Lions, Western Mediterranean)

Author(s): Shray Badhani, Antonio Cattaneo, Bernard Dennielou, Estelle Leroux, Florent Colin, Yannick Thomas, Gwenael Jouet, Marina Rabineau, Laurence Droz
Published in: Geomorphology, Issue 351, 2020, Page(s) 106894, ISSN 0169-555X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.106894

Numerical simulation of impulse wave generation by idealized landslides with OpenFOAM

Author(s): M. Rauter, L. Hoße, R.P. Mulligan, W.A. Take, F. Løvholt
Published in: Coastal Engineering, 2020, Page(s) 103815, ISSN 0378-3839
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2020.103815

On the inference of tsunami uncertainties from landslide run-out observations

Author(s): Thomas Zengaffinen, R. Urgeles, F. Lovholt
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, 2022, ISSN 2169-9291
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1002/essoar.10508122.1

Factors controlling margin instability during the Plio-Quaternary in the Gela Basin (Strait of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea)

Author(s): Tugdual Gauchery, Marzia Rovere, Claudio Pellegrini, Antonio Cattaneo, Elisabetta Campiani, Fabio Trincardi
Published in: Marine and Petroleum Geology, Issue 123, 2021, Page(s) 104767, ISSN 0264-8172
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104767

A mixed turbidite – contourite system related to a major submarine canyon: The Marquês de Pombal Drift (south‐west Iberian margin)

Author(s): Davide Mencaroni, Roger Urgeles, Angelo Camerlenghi, Jaume Llopart, Jonathan Ford, Cristina Sanchez Serra, William Meservy, Eulàlia Gràcia, Michele Rebesco, Nevio Zitellini
Published in: Sedimentology, 2021, ISSN 0037-0746
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/sed.12844

Seismic Diffraction Imaging to Characterize Mass‐Transport Complexes: Examples From the Gulf of Cadiz, South West Iberian Margin

Author(s): Jonathan Ford, Roger Urgeles, Angelo Camerlenghi, Eulàlia Gràcia
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Issue 126/3, 2021, ISSN 2169-9313
Publisher: AGU
DOI: 10.1029/2020jb021474

The Last Glacial Maximum Balearic Abyssal Plain megabed revisited

Author(s): Antonio Cattaneo, Shray Badhani, Cristina Caradonna, Massimo Bellucci, Estelle Leroux, Nathalie Babonneau, Sébastien Garziglia, Jeffrey Poort, Grigorii G. Akhmanov, Germain Bayon, Bernard Dennielou, Gwenäel Jouet, Sébastien Migeon, Marina Rabineau, Laurence Droz, Michael Clare
Published in: Geological Society, London, Special Publications, Issue 500/1, 2020, Page(s) 341-357, ISSN 0305-8719
Publisher: Geological Society Publishing House
DOI: 10.1144/sp500-2019-188

Knickpoints and crescentic bedform interactions in submarine channels

Author(s): Y. Chen, D.R. Parsons, S.M. Simmons, R. Williams, M.J.B. Cartigny, J.E.H. Clarke, C.D. Stacey, S. Hage, P.J. Talling, M. Azpiroz-Zabala, M.A. Clare, J.L. Hizzett, Maarten Heijnen, J.E. Hunt, D.G. Lintern, E.J. Sumner, A.J. Vellinga, D. Vendettuoli
Published in: Sedimentology, 2021, ISSN 1365-3091
Publisher: International Association of Sedimentologists
DOI: 10.1111/sed.12886

A multi-disciplinary investigation of the AFEN Slide: the relationship between contourites and submarine landslides

Author(s): Ricarda Gatter, Michael A. Clare, James E. Hunt, Millie Watts, B. N. Madhusudhan, Peter J. Talling, Katrin Huhn
Published in: Geological Society, London, Special Publications, Issue 500/1, 2020, Page(s) 173-193, ISSN 0305-8719
Publisher: Geological Society Publishing House
DOI: 10.1144/sp500-2019-184

Coupling rheology and segregation in granular flows

Author(s): T. Barker, M. Rauter, E. S. F. Maguire, C. G. Johnson, J. M. N. T. Gray
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Issue 909, 2021, Page(s) A22, ISSN 0022-1120
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2020.973

Effect of prior small to moderate seismic events on monotonic undrained shear strength of sand

Author(s): Ting-Wei Wu, Yusuke Suzuki, Brian Carlton, Carl Harbitz, Achim Kopf
Published in: Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Issue 141, 2021, Page(s) 106465, ISSN 0267-7261
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2020.106465

Granular viscosity from plastic yield surfaces: The role of the deformation type in granular flows

Author(s): M. Rauter, T. Barker, W. Fellin
Published in: Computers and Geotechnics, Issue 122, 2020, Page(s) 103492, ISSN 0266-352X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2020.103492

From gravity cores to overpressure history: the importance of measured sediment physical properties in hydrogeological models

Author(s): Davide Mencaroni, Jaume Llopart, Roger Urgeles, Sara Lafuerza, Eulàlia Gràcia, Anne Le Friant, Morelia Urlaub
Published in: Geological Society, London, Special Publications, Issue 500/1, 2020, Page(s) 289-300, ISSN 0305-8719
Publisher: Geological Society Publishing House
DOI: 10.1144/sp500-2019-176

Revisiting the tsunamigenic volcanic flank collapse of Fogo Island in the Cape Verdes, offshore West Africa

Author(s): Rachel Barrett, Elodie Lebas, Ricardo Ramalho, Ingo Klaucke, Steffen Kutterolf, Andreas Klügel, Katja Lindhorst, Felix Gross, Sebastian Krastel
Published in: Geological Society, London, Special Publications, Issue 500/1, 2020, Page(s) 13-26, ISSN 0305-8719
Publisher: Geological Society Publishing House
DOI: 10.1144/sp500-2019-187

Constraints on Entrainment and Deposition Models in Avalanche Simulations from High-Resolution Radar Data

Author(s): Matthias Rauter, Anselm Köhler
Published in: Geosciences, Issue 10/1, 2020, Page(s) 9, ISSN 2076-3263
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/geosciences10010009

Characterisation of weak layers, physical controls on their global distribution and their role in submarine landslide formation

Author(s): R. Gatter, M.A. Clare, J. Kuhlmann, K. Huhn
Published in: Earth-Science Reviews, Issue 223, 2021, Page(s) 103845, ISSN 0012-8252
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103845

Integrated geophysical, sedimentological and geotechnical investigation of submarine landslides in the Gulf of Lions (Western Mediterranean)

Author(s): Shray Badhani, Antonio Cattaneo, Stefano Collico, Roger Urgeles, Bernard Dennielou, Estelle Leroux, Florent Colin, Sebastien Garziglia, Marina Rabineau, Laurence Droz
Published in: Geological Society, London, Special Publications, Issue 500/1, 2020, Page(s) 359-376, ISSN 0305-8719
Publisher: Geological Society Publishing House
DOI: 10.1144/sp500-2019-175

Propagation of frontally confined subaqueous landslides: Insights from combining geophysical, sedimentological, and geotechnical analysis

Author(s): M. Sammartini, J. Moernaut, A. Kopf, S. Stegmann, S.C. Fabbri, F.S. Anselmetti, M. Strasser
Published in: Sedimentary Geology, Issue 416, 2021, Page(s) 105877, ISSN 0037-0738
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2021.105877

Effects of rotational submarine slump dynamics on tsunami genesis: new insight from idealized models and the 1929 Grand Banks event

Author(s): T. Zengaffinen, F. Løvholt, G. K. Pedersen, C. B. Harbitz
Published in: Geological Society, London, Special Publications, Issue 500/1, 2020, Page(s) 41-61, ISSN 0305-8719
Publisher: Geological Society Publishing House
DOI: 10.1144/sp500-2019-201

How distinctive are flood-triggered turbidity currents? Journal of Sedimentary Research

Author(s): Catharina J. Heerema, M.J.B Cartigny, R. Silva Jacinto, S.M. Simmons, R. Apprioual, P.J. Talling
Published in: Journal of Sedimentary Research, 2022, ISSN 1527-1404
Publisher: SEPM
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2020.168

Probabilistic mapping of earthquake-induced submarine landslide susceptibility in the South-West Iberian margin

Author(s): Stefano Collico, Marcos Arroyo, Roger Urgeles, Eulàlia Gràcia, Marcelo Devincenzi, Norma Peréz
Published in: Marine Geology, Issue 429, 2020, Page(s) 106296, ISSN 0025-3227
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2020.106296

Modelling 2018 Anak Krakatoa Flank Collapse and Tsunami: Effect of Landslide Failure Mechanism and Dynamics on Tsunami Generation

Author(s): Thomas Zengaffinen, Finn Løvholt, Geir Kleivstul Pedersen, Abdul Muhari
Published in: Pure and Applied Geophysics, Issue 177/6, 2020, Page(s) 2493-2516, ISSN 0033-4553
Publisher: Birkhauser Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-020-02489-x

Rapidly-migrating and internally-generated knickpoints can control submarine channel evolution

Author(s): Maarten S. Heijnen, Michael A. Clare, Matthieu J. B. Cartigny, Peter J. Talling, Sophie Hage, D. Gwyn Lintern, Cooper Stacey, Daniel R. Parsons, Stephen M. Simmons, Ye Chen, Esther J. Sumner, Justin K. Dix, John E. Hughes Clarke
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 11/1, 2020, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16861-x

Bottom current-controlled Quaternary sedimentation at the foot of the Malta Escarpment (Ionian Basin, Mediterranean)

Author(s): M. Rebesco, M., A.Camerlenghi, V. Munari, R. Mosetti, Jonathan Ford, A. Micallef, L. Facchin
Published in: Marine Geology, 2021, ISSN 0025-3227
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106596

Post-LGM multi-proxy sedimentary record of bottom-current variability and downslope sedimentary processes in a contourite drift of the Gela Basin (Strait of Sicily)

Author(s): Tugdual Gauchery, Marzia Rovere, Claudio Pellegrini, Alessandra Asioli, Tommaso Tesi, Antonio Cattaneo, Fabio Trincardi
Published in: Marine Geology, Issue 439, 2021, Page(s) 106564, ISSN 0025-3227
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106564

Does Retrogression Always Account for the Large Volume of Submarine Megaslides? Evidence to the Contrary From the Tampen Slide, Offshore Norway

Author(s): R. S. Barrett, B. Bellwald, P. J. Talling, A. Micallef, F. Gross, C. Berndt, S. Planke, R. Myklebust, S. Krastel
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Issue 126/2, 2021, ISSN 2169-9313
Publisher: AGU
DOI: 10.1029/2020jb020655

Thesis and dissertations (13)

Understanding subaqueous landslides and their morphology: From qualitative to quantitative analysis

Author(s): Rachel S. Barrett
Published in: PhD thesis, 2020
Publisher: Kiel

New Insights into Submarine Channel Evolution Revealed by Repeat Seafloor Mapping

Author(s): Maarten S. Heijnen
Published in: PhD Thesis, 2021
Publisher: University of Southampton Institutional Repository

Seafloor instabilities in the Gulf of Lions, Western Mediterranean

Author(s): Shray Badhani
Published in: PhD thesis, 2022
Publisher: Agence bibliographique de l'enseignement supérieur

Pore pressure build-up in mixed contourite-turbidite systems: the SW Iberian margin

Author(s): Davide Mencaroni
Published in: PhD Thesis, 2022
Publisher: DIGITAL.CSIC, institute repository of the Spanish National Research Council

Micro-mechanics of weak layers: key role of sediment structure and composition

Author(s): Ricarda Gatter
Published in: PhD Thesis, 2021
Publisher: Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen

Geophysical characterisation of the internal structure of mass-transport deposits

Author(s): Jonathan Ford
Published in: PhD thesis, 2021
Publisher: Università degli Studi di Trieste

Morphometrics and frontal emplacement style of lacustrine landslides. A combined statistical and geotechnical approach

Author(s): Maddalena Sammartini
Published in: PhD Thesis, 2021
Publisher: Digitale Bibliothek Universität Innsbruck

Influence of Submarine Landslide Failure and Flow on Tsunami Genesis

Author(s): Thomas Zengaffinnen
Published in: PhD Thesis, 2021
Publisher: Matematisk institutt, University of Oslo

Submarine Landslides in the Central Mediterranean: Causes and Recurrences

Author(s): Tugdual Gauchery
Published in: PhD Thesis, 2021
Publisher: AMS Dottorato, Institutional Doctoral Theses Repository

Multiphase Navier-Stokes equations applied to landslide tsunamis : Numerical simulations of granular flows and their interaction with water bodies

Author(s): Matthias Rauter
Published in: PhD Thesis, 2022
Publisher: University of Oslo Library

Quantitative Geotechnical Characterization of Seismic Strengthening Effect on Siliceous Soils

Author(s): Ting-Wei Wu
Published in: PhD Thesis, 2021
Publisher: Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen

Geotechnical charcaterization of marine sediments via statistical analysis

Author(s): Stefano Collico
Published in: PhD Thesis, 2022
Publisher: Doctoral School, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya BarcolanaTech

Evolution of Turbidity Currents: New insights from direct field measurements

Author(s): Catharina J. Heerema
Published in: PhD Thesis, 2021
Publisher: Durham University

Conference proceedings (2)

Probabilistic landslide susceptibility offshore South West Iberian margin

Author(s): Stefano Collico, M. Arroyo, R. Urgeles, E. Gràcia, M. Devincenzi, N. Perez
Published in: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics (ISFOG2020), 2020
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers

Semi-automated probabilistic soil delineation approach using CPTu data

Author(s): Stefano Collico, M. Arroyo, M. Devincenzi, M. Rodriguez, A. Deu
Published in: Proceedings of 6th Int Conference: Geotechn & Geophys Site Characterization, 2020
Publisher: Hungarian Geotechnical Society

Book chapters (2)

Applying Bayesian updating to CPT data analysis

Author(s): Stefano Collico, N. Perez, M. Devincenzi, M. Arroyo
Published in: Cone Penetration Testing 2018 - Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Cone Penetration Testing (CPT'18), 21-22 June, 2018, Delft, The Netherlands, 2018, Page(s) chapter 26, 6 pages, ISBN 978-1-138-58449-5
Publisher: CRC Press

Submarine Landslides - Subaqueous Mass Transport Deposits from Outcrops to Seismic Profiles

Author(s): Sammartini, M., Moernaut, J., Anselmetti, F., Hilbe, M., Lindhorst, K., Preat, N., Strasser, M.
Published in: Submarine Landslides: Subaqueous Mass Transport Deposits from Outcrops to Seismic Profiles, Issue Geophysical Monograph 246, 2019, Page(s) 201-226, ISBN 9781119500582
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
DOI: 10.1002/9781119500513.ch13