EP11A
Advancements in Understanding Deep-Sea Clastic Sedimentary Processes I

Monday, 14 December 2015: 08:00-10:00
2005 (Moscone West)
Primary Conveners:  Michele Rebesco, National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics OGS, Trieste, Italy
Conveners:  David Piper, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada, Gert J De Lange, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584, Netherlands and John Wells, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA, United States
Chairs:  Michele Rebesco, National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics OGS, Trieste, Italy, Gert J De Lange, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584, Netherlands, David Piper, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada and John Wells, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Michele Rebesco, National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics OGS, Trieste, Italy
08:00
Introductory Remarks
08:05
Submarine Landslides: What we Know and Where we are Going! (Invited) (60581)
Lorena Gina Moscardelli, Statoil, RDI Austin, Austin, TX, United States
08:25
How are giant clasts incorporated into submarine landslides and how do they change flow dynamics? (75369)
Andrea Ortiz-Karpf, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment, Leeds, United Kingdom
08:40
09:25
Sedimentary dynamic processes of a contourite drift formation in the South China Sea: from long-term in situ observations to geological records (79028)
Zhifei Liu1, Yulong Zhao2, Yanwei Zhang2, Jianru Li2, Ke Wen2, Xiajing Li2, Shouting Tuo3 and Guangfa Zhong2, (1)State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, (2)Tongji University, Shanghai, China, (3)Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
09:40
Evolution of the Gulf of Cadiz and west Portugal contourite depositional system: tectonic, sedimentary and paleoceanographic implications from IODP Expedition 339 (Invited) (63195)
Francisco Javier Hernández Molina, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, TW20, United Kingdom; Royal Holloway University of London, Earth Sciences, Egham, TW20, United Kingdom