ID:
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.
