Tsunami scenarios for submarine landslides in the Fram Strait (North Atlantic)

• Main Authors: Berndt, C., Brune, S., Nisbet, E., Zschau, J., Sobolev, S., Westbrook, G., Minshull, T., Chabert, A., Sarkar, S.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: 550 - Earth sciences; Svalbard; Norway; Storegga; Fram Strait; North Atlantic; Svalbard margin
• Online Access: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_240434

The present geological setting west of Svalbard closely parallels the situation off mid-Norway after the last glaciation, when crustal unloading by melting of ice induced very large earthquakes. The modern Svalbard margin is characterized by an active fluid flow system in continental margin sediment...