Late Pleistocene submarine mass movements: occurrence and causes

• Main Authors: Owen, M, Day, S, Maslin, M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD 2007
• Subjects: CATASTROPHIC SEDIMENT FAILURES; NORWEGIAN-GREENLAND SEA; STOREGGA SLIDE TSUNAMI; GAS-HYDRATE; CONTINENTAL-MARGIN; SLOPE FAILURE; TRIGGERING MECHANISMS; ABYSSAL-PLAIN; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Greenland; Storegga; Antarc*; Antarctica; Greenland Sea; ice core; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/101346/

An extensive study of Late Pleistocene continental slope submarine mass movements was undertaken. Twenty-six well-dated mass movements occurred during the last 45 ka BP in the North Atlantic sector. A latitudinal trend is observed: between 45 and 12 ka BP most events occur in the mid- to low-latitud...