Large, deepwater slope failures: Implications for landslide-generated tsunamis (Articolo in rivista)

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  • Large, deepwater slope failures: Implications for landslide-generated tsunamis (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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  • 2012-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • 10.1130/G33446.1 (literal)
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  • Lo Iacono, C.a b and Gràcia, E.a and Zaniboni, F.c and Pagnoni, G.c and Tinti, S.c and Bartolomé, R.a and Masson, D.G.b and Wynn, R.B.b and Lourenccedil, N.d and de Abreu, M.P.d and Dañobeitia, J.J.a and Zitellini, N.e (2012)
    Large, deepwater slope failures: Implications for landslide-generated tsunamis
    in Geology (Boulder Colo.)
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  • Lo Iacono, C.a b and Gràcia, E.a and Zaniboni, F.c and Pagnoni, G.c and Tinti, S.c and Bartolomé, R.a and Masson, D.G.b and Wynn, R.B.b and Lourenccedil, N.d and de Abreu, M.P.d and Dañobeitia, J.J.a and Zitellini, N.e (literal)
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  • Unidad de Tecnología Marina, CSIC, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; National Oceanography Centre, Southampton SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom; Universitá di Bologna, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, 40127 Bologna, Italy; Estrutura de Missão para a Extensão da Plataforma Continental, P-2770047 Paco De Arcos, Portugal; Istituto di Scienze Marine, CNR, 40129 Bologna, Italy (literal)
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  • Large, deepwater slope failures: Implications for landslide-generated tsunamis (literal)
Abstract
  • Deepwater landslides are often underestimated as potential tsunami triggers. The North Gorringe avalanche (NGA) is a large (~80 km3 and 35 km runout) newly discovered and deepwater (2900 m to 5100 m depth) mass failure located at the northern fl ank of Gorringe Bank on the southwest Iberian margin. Steep slopes and pervasive fracturing are suggested as the main preconditioning factors for the NGA, while an earthquake is the most likely trigger mechanism. Near-fi eld tsunami simulations show that a mass failure similar to the NGA could generate a wave >15 m high that would hit the south Portuguese coasts in ~30 min. This suggests that deepwater landslides require more attention in geo-hazard assessment models of southern Europe, as well as, at a global scale, in seismically active margins. © 2012 Geological Society of America. (literal)
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