• Formation of a large submarine crack during the final stage of retrogressive mass wasting on the continental slope offshore northern Norway 

      Laberg, Jan Sverre; Baeten, Nicole Jeanne; Lågstad, Petter Arthur; Forwick, Matthias; Vorren, Tore Ola (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013-08-30)
      High-resolution swath-bathymetry data integrated with sub-bottom profiles and single-channel seismics reveal an 18 km long, up to 1000 m wide and 10-15 m deep crack located approx. 4 km upslope from a slide scar on the continental slope off northern Norway. This crack is formed by subsidence of the sea-floor sediments to a depth of 120 m due to downslope movement of a ~80 km2 large sediment slab ...