“…Hampton et al, 1996;Masson et al, 2006;Dugan, 2012). Multiple factors such as high sedimentation rates (e.g., Dalla Valle et al, 2013;Noda et al, 2013), methane hydrate dissociation (e.g., Laberg and Vorren, 2000;Maslin et al, 2005), release of free gas (e.g., Bünz et al, 2005;Best et al, 2003;Dugan and Flemings, 2000), tectonic activity (e.g., Hance, 2003;Chadwick et al, 2012;Laberg et al, 2014), and slope oversteepening (e.g., Strozyk et al, 2010;Ikari et al, 2011) comprise important triggers for the generation of MTDs. In parallel, submarine creep zones act as a precursor of large-scale slope failure .…”