Prodigious submarine landslides during the inception and early growth of volcanic islands
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Kingston University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 12-057-1612
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- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1038/s41467-017-02100-3
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- Nature Communications
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- First page
- 1
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- 8
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- ISSN
- 2041-1723
- Open access status
- Compliant
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- Year of publication
- 2017
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Additional information
- Ocean floor turbidite lithostratigraphy and geochemical compositions and provenance determination are combined with a landslide age-model to calculate turbidite and landslide volumes, and statistically analyse landslide recurrence to assess potential environmental impact. The identification of potential submarine landslide hazards during ocean island growth is critical; there are over 30 intraplate oceanic hotspots globally with islands and seamounts exhibiting volcanism; determining the scale and timing of this mass wasting is essential as submarine landslides on the scale of hundreds of cubic kilometres may be tsunamigenic and are potentially a major geohazard (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171212114811.htm)
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- Non-English
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