EP14B
Submarine Landslides and Their Consequences: A Multidisciplinary and Integrative Approach I

Monday, 14 December 2015: 16:00-18:00
2003 (Moscone West)
Primary Conveners:  Derek Sawyer, Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH, United States
Conveners:  Lorena Gina Moscardelli, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States; Statoil, RDI Austin, Austin, TX, United States, Joshu J Mountjoy, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand and Jean-Sebastien L'Heureux, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Oslo, Norway
Chairs:  Derek Sawyer, Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH, United States, Lorena Gina Moscardelli, Statoil Norway, Statoil, Stavanger, Norway and Jean-Sebastien L'Heureux, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Oslo, Norway
OSPA Liaisons:  Derek Sawyer, Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH, United States
16:00
The Role of Antecedent Geology in Submarine Slope Failure: Insights from the Currituck Slide Complex along the Central U.S. Atlantic Margin (Invited) (59663)
Jenna C Hill1, Daniel S Brothers2, Uri S Ten Brink3, Bradley Craig1, Jason D Chaytor4 and Claudia H Flores4, (1)Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC, United States, (2)USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (3)U.S. Geological Survey Center for Integrated Data Analytics, Middleton, WI, United States, (4)US Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA, United States
16:30
The Reloca Slide offshore Central Chile (35.5°S) - a Revision Based on Geotechnical Sliding Plane Characterization and Tsunami Modeling (60309)
David Voelker1, Achim Kopf2, Matt Ikari2 and Sebastian Trütner3, (1)University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, (2)MARUM - University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, (3)MARUM, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
16:45
Shear strength, cohesion, and overconsolidation in low-stress sediments and their importance for submarine slope failure (Invited) (59807)
Matt Ikari, MARUM, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany and Achim Kopf, MARUM - University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
17:00
Was the 1531 Lisbon tsunami generated by a landslide along the Cascais Canyon? Geologic inferences and tsunami simulation (69484)
Claudio Lo Iacono, National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Marine Geoscience, Southampton, United Kingdom
17:15
How are Mass Failures and Sediment Flows Triggered at Offshore River Deltas and What are the Implications for Deep-water Systems? (Invited) (72354)
Michael Andrew Clare1, John E Hughes Clarke2,3, Peter J Talling1 and Matthieu Cartigny1, (1)National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom, (2)University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada, (3)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States
17:30
Numerical Modelling of Tsunami Generated by Deformable Submarine Slides: Parameterisation of Slide Dynamics for Coupling to Tsunami Propagation Model (73696)
Rebecca Claire Smith, Imperial College London, Earth Science and Engineering, London, United Kingdom, Gareth S Collins, Imperial College London, London, SW7, United Kingdom, Jon Hill, University of York, Environment Department, York, United Kingdom and Matthew D Piggott, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
17:45
Submarine Landslides and Gas Hydrates: Using a Rate and State Friction Model to Describe Incipient Motion Triggered by the Dissociation of High Saturation Hydrate Anomalies (78048)
Alexander L Handwerger, Alan W Rempel and Robert M Skarbek, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States