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Integrated investigations have revealed abundant resources of gas hydrates on the northern slope of the South China Sea (SCS). Regarding the gas hydrate research of northern SCS, the gas hydrate related environment problem such as seabed landslides were ...
Xuemin Wu +6 more
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Submarine Landslide and Localized Tsunami Potentiality of Mentawai Basin, Sumatra, Indonesia [PDF]
The new bathymetry and seismic data were acquired during the PreTI-Gap marine survey (February 15 to March 6, 2008). The survey was carried out along the NE margin of Mentawai Island using multi-beam swath bathymetry equipment, and 28-channels seismic ...
Permana, H. (Haryadi), Singh, C. (C)
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An Overview of Tsunami Hazards in the Southwest Pacific Ocean
The southwest Pacific region is geologically complex and exhibits all the principal causes of tsunami generation. While contemporary events and historical catalogs indicate that trans‐Pacific tsunamis have affected this area (∼18% of tsunamis reported globally), it is unique in that a large part of the tsunami effects over the ∼200‐year historical ...
Jean H. M. Roger +13 more
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Map and Archival Evidence of the Historical Avulsion of the Brahmaputra River
Short Abstract One of the world's great rivers, the Brahmaputra, avulsed—changed course—significantly sometime between the dates of 1765 and 1830. These are the dates of surveys by James Rennell (grey) and Richard Wilcox (black), both under the direction of the East India Company; no other surveys between these dates can refine the estimate of the ...
Keith Richards +2 more
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Responses of wind turbine foundations in sand subjected to submarine landslides
The submarine landslides are massive underwater sediment movements on the ocean floor and can pose significant threats to offshore structures. Understanding the mechanism of submarine landslide-offshore structure interaction is essential for risk ...
ZHANG Jianhong 1, SHEN Jiarong 2, WANG Aixia 1, TANG Mengyue 3
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Regional Flood Emergency Capacity Assessment Based on a Multidimensional Framework
ABSTRACT Knowing the status of emergency capacity for disaster risk reduction helps the government and stakeholders to minimize vulnerabilities and disaster risk. However, there is no widely applied methodology for emergency capacity assessment. This study develops a multidimensional framework integrating vulnerability, susceptibility, and adaptability
Xuezhi Tan +5 more
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Submarine mass movements around the Iberian Peninsula. The building of continental margins through hazardous processes [PDF]
Submarine mass movements, such as those which occur in all environments in every ocean of the world, are widely distributed across the Iberian continental margins.
Casalbore, Daniele +3 more
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ABSTRACT This study focuses on a multi‐criteria decision‐making (MCDM) analysis backed by EPA's SWMM (storm water management model) to investigate stormwater management (SM) strategies for urban areas consisting of different land‐use types. Güneysu city center (Rize, Türkiye) is used to exemplify areas consisting of impermeable surfaces, blocks of ...
Fatih Bekiryazici +3 more
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Active continental margins, generally characterized by narrow shelves incised by canyons, are pervasively shaped by submarine landslides that can occur near coastal areas.
Elena Scacchia +5 more
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A POSSIBLE TSUNAMI IN THE LABRADOR SEA RELATED TO THE DRAINAGE OF GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ ~8400 YEARS B.P. [PDF]
For thousands of years, the thick Laurentide Ice Sheet covered a large part of northern North America, damming northward-draining rivers. As this ice retreated, large lakes formed along its margin.
James T. Teller +3 more
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