Giant submarine landslides

Giant submarine landslides

Submarine landslides can generate enormous turbidity currents that carry 500 km3 or more of sediment down to the oceans' abyssal plains. The slides can cause tsunamis, and may release large amounts of methane into the air.

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature (London) 1998-03, Vol.392 (6674), p.329-330
Hauptverfasser: Nisbet, Euan G, Piper, David J. W
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Abyssal plains
Environment
Landslides
Landslides & mudslides
Methane
Oceans
Submarines
Turbidity
Turbidity currents
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Zusammenfassung:Submarine landslides can generate enormous turbidity currents that carry 500 km3 or more of sediment down to the oceans' abyssal plains. The slides can cause tsunamis, and may release large amounts of methane into the air.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/32765