Recent slope mobilizations in the Storegga Slide area

• Main Authors: Berndt, Christian, Crutchley, Gareth, Krastel, Sebastian, Karstens, Jens, Dumke, Ines, Dünnbier, Karolin
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Norway; Nyegga; Storegga; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/42742/

With ~3500 km3 of mobilized material the Storegga Slide off mid-Norway is one of the largest known sub-marine slope failures. It occurred approximately 8150 years ago and there is strong evidence suggesting that the slide caused a large tsunami that propagated through the North Atlantic and affected...