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S_075

Submarine mass movements: dynamics, sources, triggers, recurrence intervals, and paleoenvironmental context, from multi-proxy studies

Lead Convener

Oded Katz Geological Survey of Israel, Israel. odedk@gsi.gov.il

Co Convener(s)

Orit Hyams-Kaphzan Geological Survey of Israel, Israel. orithy@gsi.gov.il Adi Torfstein Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. adi.torf@mail.huji.ac.il

Session Keywords

Submarine mass wasting, Paleontology, Sedimentology, Geochemistry, Marine geohazards

Commission


CMP

Abstract Category

Oceans

Session Description

Submarine mass movements are key geological processes that shape continental margins, impact sediment transport and carbon cycling and pose geohazards. This session invites studies using a multi-proxy approach, including micropaleontology, sedimentology, and geochemistry, to identify, date, and interpret submarine landslides, turbidites, debrites, contourites, and related deposits. We welcome contributions from various marine settings that use microfossils, grain-size data, isotope compositions, trace element distributions, and other sedimentary and geochemical proxies to reconstruct the timing, triggers, recurrence, and environmental context of mass-wasting events. Particular interest lies in studies that distinguish mass-wasting from background sedimentation and explore links to climate, tectonics, or human activity. This interdisciplinary session aims to advance understanding of submarine mass movements and associated hazards over Quaternary timescales.

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Date & Venue :
28 January- 3 February 2027,

Indira Gandhi Pratishthan (IGP), Lucknow, India

© 2027 INQUA Congress India. All rights reserved.

Date & Venue :
28 January- 3 February 2027,

Indira Gandhi Pratishthan (IGP), Lucknow, India

© 2027 INQUA Congress India. All rights reserved.

Date & Venue :
28 January- 3 February 2027,

Indira Gandhi Pratishthan (IGP), Lucknow, India

Date & Venue :
28 January- 3 February 2027,

Indira Gandhi Pratishthan (IGP), Lucknow, India

© 2027 INQUA Congress India. All rights reserved.