Submarine Landslides: Subaqueous Mass Transport Deposits from Outcrops to Seismic Profiles [Hardcover]

An examination of ancient and contemporary submarine landslides and their impact

Landslides are common in every subaqueous geodynamic context, from passive and active continental margins to oceanic and continental intraplate settings. They pose significant threats to both offshore and coastal areas due to their frequency, dimensions, and terminal velocity, capacity to travel great distances, and ability to generate potentially destructive tsunamis.

Submarine Landslides: Subaqueous Mass Transport Deposits from Outcrops to Seismic Profiles examines the mechanisms, characteristics, and impacts of submarine landslides.

Volume highlights include:

• Use of different methodological approaches, from geophysics to field-based geology
• Data on submarine landslide deposits at various scales
• Worldwide collection of case studies from on- and off-shore
• Potential risks to human society and infrastructure
• Impacts on the hydrosphere, atmosphere, and lithosphere

List of Contributors ix

Preface xiii

Acknowledgments xv

Part I: Submarine Landslide Deposits in Orogenic Belts

1. Submarine Landslide Deposits in Orogenic Belts: Olistostromes and Sedimentary Melanges 3
Kei Ogata, Andrea Festa, Gian Andrea Pini, and Juan Luis Alonso

2. Mass-Transport Deposits in the Foredeep Basin of the Miocene Cervarola Sandstones Formation (Northern Apennines, Italy) 27
Alberto Piazza and Roberto Tinterri

3. Late Miocene Olistostrome in the Makran Accretionary Wedge (Baluchistan, SE Iran): A Short Review 45
JeanPierre Burg

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