Tsunami modeling of a submarine landslide in the Fram Strait

• Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
• Main Authors: Berndt, Christian, Brune, Sascha, Nisbet, Euan, Zschau, Jochen, Sobolev, Stephan V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Svalbard; Norway; Storegga; Fram Strait; Svalbard margin
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/71938/; http://www.agu.org/journals/gc/gc0904/2008GC002292/

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. Today, on the modern Svalbard margin, increasing bottom water temperatures are destabilizing marine gas h...