Analysis of the Causes and Consequences of Submarine Slope Failure

Abstract

The project objectives are to: (i) characterize how the response of pore pressures to sedimentation and erosion may destabilize submarine slopes; (ii) constrain the impact of individual turbidity currents on seafloor evolution; and (iii) develop a technique for correlating stratigraphy in strata that may be complicated by a history of slope failure.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA548957

Entities

People

  • Lincoln F. Pratson

Organizations

  • Duke University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Continental Slopes
  • Correlation Techniques
  • Flow
  • Geology
  • Geometry
  • Marine Geology
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Physical Properties
  • Pore Pressure
  • Sediments
  • Slope Stability
  • Submarines
  • Turbidity
  • Turbidity Currents
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.