Note: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences: Progress and Challenges -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The 2015 Volume -- 1.2.1 Part I: Submarine Mass Movement in Margin Construction and Economic Significance -- 1.2.2 Part II: Failure Dynamics from Landslide Geomorphology -- 1.2.3 Part III: Geotechnical Aspects of Mass Movement -- 1.2.4 Part IV: Multidisciplinary Case Studies -- 1.2.5 Part V: Tectonics and Mass Movement Processes -- 1.2.6 Part VI: Fluid Flow and Gas Hydrates -- 1.2.7 Part VII: Mass Transport Deposits in Modern and Outcrop Sedimentology -- 1.2.8 Part VIII: Numerical and Statistical Analysis -- 1.2.9 Part IX: Tsunami Generation from Slope Failure -- 1.3 Looking to the Future -- References -- Part I: Submarine Mass Movement in Margin Construction and Economic Significance -- Chapter 2: The Role of Submarine Landslides in the Law of the Sea -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Case Studies -- 2.2.1 Rift Margins -- 2.2.1.1 Ireland, Porcupine Bank -- 2.2.1.2 Norway, Bear Island (Bjørnøya) and Franz-Victoria Trough Mouth Fans (TMF) -- 2.2.2 Transform Margins -- 2.2.2.1 France: French Guiana -- 2.2.3 Active Margins -- 2.2.3.1 Indonesia: Northwest Sumatra -- 2.3 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Fabric Development and Pore-Throat Reduction in a Mass-Transport Deposit in the Jubilee Gas Field, Eastern Gulf of ... -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Geologic Setting -- 3.3 Available Data and Methodology -- 3.4 Subsurface Expression of the Top-Seal MTD -- 3.5 Clay Fabric of the Top-Seal MTD: XRD, MICP, and XRTG Results -- 3.6 Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Seismic Geomorphology of the Israel Slump Complex in the Levant Basin (SE Mediterranean) -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Geological Setting -- 4.3 Dataset and Methodology -- 4.4 Geomorphology of the MTDs -- 4.5 Discussion and Conclusions. , References -- Chapter 5: Multiple Megaslide Complexes and Their Significance for the Miocene Stratigraphic Evolution of the Offshore Amazon ... -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.1.1 Database and Methods -- 5.2 Results -- 5.2.1 The Amap Megaslide Complex (AMC) -- 5.2.2 The Central Amazon Fan Megaslide Complex (CAFMC) -- 5.2.3 The Par-Maranhão Megaslide Complex (PMMC) -- 5.3 Discussion -- 5.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6: Kinematics of Submarine Slope Failures in the Deepwater Taranaki Basin, New Zealand -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Data and Methods -- 6.3 Geological Framework -- 6.4 Results and Interpretations -- 6.4.1 MTD 1 -- 6.4.2 MTD 2 -- 6.5 Discussion -- 6.6 Conclusions -- References -- Part II: Failure Dynamics from Landslide Geomorphology -- Chapter 7: Postglacial Mass Failures in the Inner Hardangerfjorden System, Western Norway -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Study Site and Geological Setting -- 7.3 Data and Methods -- 7.4 Main Observations and Interpretations -- 7.5 Discussion -- 7.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8: Onshore and Offshore Geomorphological Features of the El Golfo Debris Avalanche (El Hierro, Canary Islands) -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.1.1 Geological and Geomorphological Setting -- 8.1.2 Methods -- 8.2 Results -- 8.2.1 Morphology and Backscatter Mapping -- 8.2.2 Seismic Mapping -- 8.3 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9: New Insights on Failure and Post-failure Dynamics of Submarine Landslides on the Intra-slope Palmarola Ridge (Centr... -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Geological Setting -- 9.3 Data and Methods -- 9.4 Results -- 9.4.1 General Morphology of Palmarola Ridge -- 9.4.2 Landslide Scars and Deposits -- 9.5 Discussions and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 10: Assessment of Canyon Wall Failure Process from Multibeam Bathymetry and Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Observatio... -- 10.1 Introduction. , 10.2 Data -- 10.3 Results -- 10.3.1 Canyon Morphology and Exposed Lithologies -- 10.3.2 Benthic Communities -- 10.3.3 Failure Processes and Erosion -- 10.3.3.1 Cohesive Failure Processes -- 10.3.3.2 Erosion -- 10.4 ``Biomarkers´´ as Failure Timing and Magnitude Indicators -- 10.5 Future Work -- References -- Chapter 11: The Chuí Megaslide Complex: Regional-Scale Submarine Landslides on the Southern Brazilian Margin -- 11.1 Introduction and Backgrounds -- 11.2 Data and Methods -- 11.3 Results and Discussions -- 11.3.1 Geomorphological Characterization -- 11.3.2 Seismic Architecture and Depositional Features -- 11.3.3 Possible Preconditioning Parameters and Triggering Mechanisms -- 11.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 12: Submarine Landslides and Incised Canyons of the Southeast Queensland Continental Margin -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Study Area Location and Bathymetric Features -- 12.3 Sediment Sample Characteristics and Ages -- 12.3.1 Dredge Sample Ages -- 12.3.2 Core Sample Ages -- 12.4 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 13: Novel Method to Map the Morphology of Submarine Landslide Headwall Scarps Using Remotely Operated Vehicles -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Rockall Bank -- 13.3 Method -- 13.3.1 Data Collection -- 13.3.2 Data Processing -- 13.4 Results -- 13.5 Interpretation and Discussion -- 13.6 Conclusions and Further Work -- References -- Chapter 14: Flow Behaviour of a Giant Landslide and Debris Flow Entering Agadir Canyon, NW Africa -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Methods -- 14.3 Results -- 14.3.1 The Headwall Area and the Slide Fairway -- 14.3.2 Slide Fairway into Lower Agadir Canyon -- 14.4 Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 15: Fine-Scale Morphology of Tubeworm Slump, Monterey Canyon -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Methods -- 15.3 Results -- 15.3.1 Surface of Smooth Ridge Surrounding Tubeworm Slump. , 15.3.2 Main Headwall Scarp -- 15.3.3 Sole of Slide Scar -- 15.4 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 16: Submarine Slide Topography and the Distribution of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems: A Case Study in the Ionian Sea (E... -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Submarine Slide Topography on the Ionian Margin -- 16.3 Deep-Sea Habitats of the Ionian Margin and Relationships with Landslide Morphologies -- 16.4 Economic Significance of Submarine Landslide Areas -- References -- Part III: Geotechnical Aspects of Mass Movement -- Chapter 17: Shear Strength of Siliciclastic Sediments from Passive and Active Margins (0-100m Below Seafloor): Insights into S... -- 17.1 Background and Significance -- 17.2 Global Shear Strength Trends -- 17.3 Ideal Type Sites -- 17.4 Hydrostatic Pore Pressure Conditions at Type Sites -- 17.5 Continental Margin Sediment Shear Strength -- References -- Chapter 18: A Small Volume Calibration Chamber for Cone Penetration Testing (CPT) on Submarine Soils -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 Methods -- 18.2.1 New MARCC Calibration Chamber Design -- 18.2.2 Sensors, Control and Measurement Devices -- 18.3 Results -- 18.3.1 Specimen Preparation and Cuxhaven Test Sand -- 18.3.2 Laboratory CPT Experiments -- 18.4 Discussion -- 18.5 Conclusion and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 19: Underwater Mass Movements in Lake Mjøsa, Norway -- 19.1 Introduction -- 19.2 Methods -- 19.2.1 Morphology -- 19.2.2 Slope Stability -- 19.2.3 Discussion -- References -- Chapter 20: In Situ Cyclic Softening of Marine Silts by Vibratory CPTU at Orkdalsfjord Test Site, Mid Norway -- 20.1 Introduction -- 20.2 Geological Setting -- 20.3 Material and Methods -- 20.3.1 CPTU -- 20.3.2 Triaxial Laboratory Testing -- 20.4 Results -- 20.4.1 Geotechnical Characterization of Silt Layers -- 20.4.2 Cyclic Triaxial Response of Silt Layers -- 20.5 Discussion and Conclusion. , References -- Chapter 21: First Results of the Geotechnical In Situ Investigation for Soil Characterisation Along the Upper Slope Off Vester... -- 21.1 Landslides Along the Slope Off Vesterålen -- 21.2 Methods -- 21.2.1 Sub-bottom Mapping -- 21.2.2 CPTU Investigation of Slope Sediments -- 21.2.3 Pseudo-static Factor of Safety (FoS) -- 21.3 Results -- 21.3.1 Sedimentological and Geotechnical Characterisation of Slope Sediments -- 21.3.2 Pseudo-static Slope Stability Analysis -- 21.4 Discussion and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 22: A Novel Micro-shear Tester for Failure Analysis of Fine and Cohesive Granular Matter -- 22.1 Introduction -- 22.2 Characterization of the Calcium Carbonate Sample -- 22.3 Micro Shear Tester and X-ray Computed Tomography -- 22.3.1 Micro Shear Tester -- 22.3.2 X-ray Computed Tomography (XCT) -- 22.3.3 Combination of muST and XCT -- 22.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 23: Knickpoint Migration Induced by Landslide: Evidence from Laboratory to Field Observations in Wabush Lake -- 23.1 Introduction -- 23.2 Wabush Lake -- 23.3 Methodology -- 23.3.1 Geotechnical Properties -- 23.3.2 Excess Pore Pressure and Stability Analysis -- 23.4 Results -- 23.4.1 Geotechnical Tests -- 23.4.2 Excess Pore Water Pressure and Stability Analysis -- 23.5 Discussion -- 23.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 24: Multiple Flow Slide Experiment in the Westerschelde Estuary, The Netherlands -- 24.1 Introduction -- 24.2 Field Test Set-Up -- 24.3 Applied Instrumentation -- 24.4 Results and Conclusions -- References -- Part IV: Multidisciplinary Case Studies -- Chapter 25: Submarine Mass Wasting on Hovgaard Ridge, Fram Strait, European Arctic -- 25.1 Introduction -- 25.2 Study Area -- 25.3 Material and Methods -- 25.4 Results -- 25.4.1 Western Slope -- 25.4.2 Eastern Slope -- 25.5 Discussion -- 25.6 Conclusions -- References. , Chapter 26: 3D Seismic Investigations of Pleistocene Mass Transport Deposits and Glacigenic Debris Flows on the North Sea Fan,.

Note: 1. Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences: Progress and ChallengesPart  I Submarine Mass Movement in Margin Construction and Economic Significance2. The Role of Submarine Landslides in the Law of the Sea -- 3. Fabric Development and Pore-Throat Reduction in a Mass-Transport Deposit in the Jubilee Gas Field, Eastern Gulf of Mexico: Consequences for the Sealing Capacity of MTDs -- 4. Seismic geomorphology of the Israel Slump Complex in the central Levant Basin (SE Mediterranean) -- 5. Multiple Megaslide Complexes and their Significance for the Miocene stratigraphic evolution of the offshore Amazon Basin -- 6. Kinematics of submarine slope failures in the deepwater Taranaki Basin, New Zealand -- Part II Failure dynamics from landslide geomorphology -- 7. Postglacial Mass Failures in the Inner Hardangerfjorden System, Western Norway -- 8. Onshore and offshore geomorphological features of the El Golfo debris avalanche (El Hierro, Canary Islands) -- 9. New insights on failure and post-failure dynamics of submarine landslides on the intra-slope Palmarola ridge (Central Tyrrhenian Sea) -- 10. Assessment of Canyon Wall Failure Process from Multibeam Bathymetry and Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Observations, U.S. Atlantic Continental Margin -- 11. The Chuí Megaslide Complex: regional-scale submarine landslides on the Southern Brazilian Margin -- 12. Submarine landslides and incised canyons of the southeast Queensland continental margin -- 13. Novel method to map the morphology of submarine landslide headwall scarps using Remotely Operated Vehicles -- 14. Flow behaviour of a giant landslide and debris flow entering Agadir Canyon, NW Africa -- 15. Fine-Scale Morphology of Tubeworm Slump, Monterey Canyon -- 16. Submarine slide topography and the Distribution of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems: A Case Study in the Ionian Sea (Eastern Mediterranean) -- Part III Geotechnical aspects of mass movement -- 17. Shear Strength of Siliciclastic Sediments from Passive and Active Margins (0-100 meters below seafloor): Insights into Seismic Strengthening -- 18. A small volume calibration chamber for cone penetration testing (CPT) on submarine soils -- 19. Underwater Mass Movements in Lake Mjøsa, Norway -- 20. In situ cyclic softening of marine silts by vibratory CPTU at Orkdalsfjord test site, mid Norway -- 21. First results of the geotechnical in situ investigation for soil characterisation along the upper slope off Vesterålen - Northern Norway -- 22. A novel micro-shear tester for failure analysis of fine and cohesive granular matter -- 23. Knickpoint migration induced by landslide: Evidence from laboratory to field observations in Wabush Lake -- 24. Multiple flow slide experiment in the Westerschelde Estuary, The Netherlands -- Part IV Multidisciplinary case studies -- 25. Submarine mass wasting on Hovgaard Ridge, Fram Strait, European Arctic -- 26. 3D seismic investigations of Pleistocene Mass Transport Deposits and Glacigenic Debris Flows on the North Sea Fan, NE Atlantic Margin -- 27. Do embedded volcaniclastic layers serve as potential glide planes? - An integrated analysis from the Gela Basin offshore southern Sicily -- 28. Sediment failure affecting muddy contourites on the continental slope offshore northern Norway - lessons learned and some outstanding issues -- 29. Mass Wasting History within Lake Ohrid Basin (Albania/Macedonia) over the last 600ka -- 30. Implications of Sediment Dynamics in Mass Transport along the Pianosa Ridge (Northern Tyrrhenian Sea) -- 31. Late-Holocene Mass Movements in High Arctic East Lake, Melville Island (Western Canadian Arctic Archipelago) -- 32. Pleistocene Mass Transport Complexes off Barbados accretionary prism (Lesser Antilles) -- 33. Exploring the Influence of Deepwater Currents as Potential Triggers for Slope Instability -- Part V Tectonics and mass movements -- 34. French alpine foreland Holocene paleoseismicity revealed by coeval mass wasting deposits in glacial lakes -- 35. Spatial and temporal relation of submarine landslides and faults along the Israeli continental slope, eastern Mediterranean -- 36. Earthquake induced landslides in Lake Éternité, Québec, Canada -- 37. Large Mass Transport Deposits in Kumano Basin, Nankai Trough, Japan -- 38. Insights into Effectiveness of Simplified Seismic Displacement Procedures to Evaluate Earthquake Behavior of a Deepwater Slope -- Part VI Fluid flow and gas hydrates -- 39. Deriving the Rate of Salt Rise at the Cape Fear Slide Using New Seismic Data -- 40. Submarine slope instabilities coincident with shallow gas hydrate systems: insights from New Zealand examples -- 41. Eel Canyon Slump Scar and Associated Fluid Venting -- 42. Shallow gas and the development of a weak layer in submarine spreading, Hikurangi margin (New Zealand) -- 43. Stability of fine-grained sediments subject to gas hydrate dissociation in the Arctic continental margin -- Part VII Mass transport deposits in modern and outcrop sedimentology -- 44. Soft-sediment deformation associated with mass transport deposits of the aAnsa basin (Spanish Pyrenees) -- 45. Synsedimentary tectonics and mass wasting along the Alpine margin in Liassic time -- 46. Meso-scale kinematic indicators in exhumed mass transport deposits: definitions and implications -- 47. Morphodynamics of supercritical turbidity currents in the channel-lobe transition zone -- 48. Tiny fossils, big impact: the role of foraminifera-enriched condensed section in arresting the movement of a large retrogressive submarine landslide in the Gulf of Mexico -- 49. Inclusion of substrate blocks within a mass transport deposit: A case study from Cerro Bola, Argentina -- Part VIII Numerical and statistical analysis -- 50. GIS catalogue of submarine landslides in the Spanish Continental Shelf: potential and difficulties for susceptibility assessment -- 51. Tempo and triggering of large submarine landslides - Statistical analysis for hazard assessment -- 52. Morphological controls on submarine slab failures -- 53. Incorporating Correlated Variables into GIS-Based Probabilistic Submarine Slope Stability Assessments -- 54. Quantifying the key role of slope material peak strength - using Discrete Element simulations -- 55. Correction Factors for 1-D Runout Analyses of Selected Submarine Slides -- Part IX Tsunami generation from slope failure -- 56. Volcanic generation of tsunamis: Two New Zealand palaeo-events -- 57. Tsunami-genesis due to retrogressive landslides on an inclined seabed -- 58. Geothermal System as the Cause of the 1979 Landslide Tsunami in Lembata Island, Indonesia -- 59. Towards a spatial probabilistic submarine landslide hazard model for submarine canyons -- 60. Coupled modelling of the failure and tsunami of a submarine debris avalanche offshore central New Zealand -- 61. Observations of coastal landslide-generated tsunami under an ice cover: the case of Lac-des-Seize-Îles, Québec, Canada -- Index.