Geomorphology of the huge Hinlopen-Yermak landslide on the northern Svalbard margin

Hogan, K. A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1256-8010; Vanneste, M.; Dowdeswell, J. A.; Mienert, J.. 2016 Geomorphology of the huge Hinlopen-Yermak landslide on the northern Svalbard margin. In: Dowdeswell, J.A.; Canals, M.; Jakobsson, M.; Todd, B.J.; Dowdeswell, E.K.; Hogan, K.A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1256-8010, (eds.) Atlas of submarine glacial landforms: modern, Quaternary and ancient. London, Geological Society of London, 415-416. (Geological Society Memoir, 46, 46).

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Abstract/Summary

Submarine landslide scars, including the huge Hinlopen–Yermak slide-scar north of Svalbard (Fig. 1) (Vanneste et al. 2006; Winkelmann et al. 2006), are relatively common geomorphological features on glaciated continental margins. However, landslide characteristics, for example scar area, run-out and displaced volume, vary significantly (Hogan et al. 2013). A key pre-condition for failure is rapid deposition of mainly diamictic glacier-derived sediment on the slope during full-glacials, alternating with fine-grained interglacial deposition. This layered architecture, and the varying geotechnical properties of the debris, facilitate downslope mass-movements with a variety of possible triggers

Item Type:	Publication - Book Section
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1144/M46.123
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > BAS Programmes 2015 > Palaeo-Environments, Ice Sheets and Climate Change
ISBN:	9781786202680
ISSN:	0435-4052
Date made live:	09 Jan 2017 13:37 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/515712

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