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dc.contributor.authorGales, Jenny A.
dc.contributor.authorMckay, Robert M.
dc.contributor.authorDe Santis, Laura
dc.contributor.authorRebesco, Michele
dc.contributor.authorLaberg, Jan Sverre
dc.contributor.authorShevenell, Amelia E
dc.contributor.authorHarwood, David
dc.contributor.authorLeckie, R. Mark
dc.contributor.authorKulhanek, Denise K.
dc.contributor.authorKing, Maxine
dc.contributor.authorPatterson, Molly
dc.contributor.authorLucchi, Renata G.
dc.contributor.authorKim, Sookwan
dc.contributor.authorKim, Sunghan
dc.contributor.authorDodd, Justin
dc.contributor.authorSeidenstein, Julia
dc.contributor.authorPrunella, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorFerrante, Giulia M.
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-26T10:45:52Z
dc.date.available2023-05-26T10:45:52Z
dc.date.issued2023-05-18
dc.description.abstractAntarctica’s continental margins pose an unknown submarine landslide-generated tsunami risk to Southern Hemisphere populations and infrastructure. Understanding the factors driving slope failure is essential to assessing future geohazards. Here, we present a multidisciplinary study of a major submarine landslide complex along the eastern Ross Sea continental slope (Antarctica) that identifies preconditioning factors and failure mechanisms. Weak layers, identified beneath three submarine landslides, consist of distinct packages of interbedded Miocene- to Pliocene-age diatom oozes and glaciomarine diamicts. The observed lithological differences, which arise from glacial to interglacial variations in biological productivity, ice proximity, and ocean circulation, caused changes in sediment deposition that inherently preconditioned slope failure. These recurrent Antarctic submarine landslides were likely triggered by seismicity associated with glacioisostatic readjustment, leading to failure within the preconditioned weak layers. Ongoing climate warming and ice retreat may increase regional glacioisostatic seismicity, triggering Antarctic submarine landslides.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGales JA, Mckay RM, De Santis L, Rebesco M, Laberg JS. Climate-controlled submarine landslides on the Antarctic continental margin. Nature Communications. 2023;14en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2149143
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41467-023-38240-y
dc.identifier.issn2041-1723
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/29269
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen_US
dc.relation.journalNature Communications
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2023 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)en_US
dc.titleClimate-controlled submarine landslides on the Antarctic continental marginen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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