Sedimentology, structure and age estimate of five continental slope submarine landslides, eastern Australia

Factors leading to slope failure on a sediment-starved margin: The southwestern continental margin of the East Sea, Korea

“…A number of hypotheses have been put forward to explain the causes of landslides on these nearly flat slopes. Clarke et al 2016, based on seismic reflection data and sediment cores, favor the earthquake triggering mechanism for the initiation of landslides on the eastern Australian margin. Erosive scouring and over-steepening are inferred to have measurements, the remaining subsamples were analyzed for grain-size using a laser-scattering particle analyzer (Microtrac S3500) with a measurement spacing of 20 cm.…”

“…Remarkably, many large-scale submarine landslides occur on sediment starved margins (< 15 cm/ka) with low gradients (< 4°) (Urlaub et al, 2012(Urlaub et al, , 2015. Examples include the northwest African continental margin (Wynn et al, 2000;Antobreh and Krastel, 2007;Krastel et al, 2018), and the eastern Australian margin (Clarke et al, 2016). A number of hypotheses have been put forward to explain the causes of landslides on these nearly flat slopes.…”