Georgiopoulou, Aggeliki and Krastel, Sebastian and Finch, N. and Zehn, K. and McCarron, Stephen and Huvenne, Veerle A.I. and Haughton, Peter D.W. and Shannon, P.M.
(2018)
On the Timing and Nature of the Multiple Phases of Slope Instability on Eastern Rockall Bank, Northeast Atlantic.
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 20 (2).
pp. 594-613.
ISSN 1525-2027
Abstract
One of the most challenging tasks when studying large submarine landslides is determining whether the landslide was initiated as a single large event, a chain of events closely spaced in time or multiple events separated by long periods of time as all have implications in risk assessments. In this study we combine new multichannel seismic profiles and new sediment cores with bathymetric data to test whether the Rockall Bank Slide Complex, offshore western Ireland, is the composite of multiple slope collapse events and, if so, to differentiate them. We conclude that there have been at least three voluminous episodes of slope collapse separated by long periods of slope stability, a fourth, less voluminous event, and possibly a fifth more localized event. The oldest event, Slide A (200 km3), is estimated to be several hundred thousand years old. The second event, Slide B (125 km3), took place at the same location as slide A, reactivating the same scar, nearly 200 ka ago, possibly through retrogression of the scarp. Slide C (400 km3) took place 22 ka ago and occurred further north from the other slides. Slide D was a much smaller event that happened 10 ka ago, while the most recent event, albeit very small scale, took place within the last 1,000 years. This study highlights the need to thoroughly investigate large slide complexes to evaluate event sequencing, as seismic studies may hide multiple small‐scale events. This work also reveals that the same slide scarps can be reactivated and generate slides with different flow behaviors.
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Article
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| Keywords: |
Rockall Bank Slide Complex;
debrite;
multiphase slope collapse;
British Irish Ice Sheet;
bottom currents;
flow transformation; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography |
| Item ID: |
12170 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GC007674 |
| Depositing User: |
Dr. Stephen McCarron
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| Date Deposited: |
17 Jan 2020 14:40 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems |
| Publisher: |
Wiley |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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| Use Licence: |
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