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dc.contributor.authorMicallef, Aaron-
dc.contributor.authorGeorgiopoulou, Aggeliki-
dc.contributor.authorBas, Timothy Le-
dc.contributor.authorMountjoy, Joshu J.-
dc.contributor.authorHuvenne, Veerle A.I.-
dc.contributor.authorIacono, Claudio Lo-
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-22T07:28:55Z-
dc.date.available2018-02-22T07:28:55Z-
dc.date.issued2013-
dc.identifier.citationMicallef, A., Georgiopoulou, A., Le Bas, T., Mountjoy, J., Huvenne, V., & Iacono, C. L. (2013). The Malta-Sicily Escarpment: mass movement dynamics in a sediment-undersupplied margin. 6th International Symposium on Submarine Mass Movements and their Consequences, Kiel. 317-328.en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/27171-
dc.description.abstractThe Malta-Sicily Escarpment (MSE) is a steep carbonate escarpment that appears to have largely remained isolated from inputs of fluvial and littoral sediments since the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Mass movement activity has so far only been inferred from sediment cores at the base of the MSE. In this study we use geophysical and sedimentological data acquired from the upper MSE and outer Malta Plateau to: (i) map and characterise the dominant forms of mass movements, and (ii) determine the nature and origin of these mass movements, and their role in the evolution of the MSE. We document 67 mass movement scars across 370 km2 of seafloor. Slope instability entailed translational slides, spreads and debris flows that mobilised Plio-Pleistocene outer shelf hemipelagic/pelagic sediments or carbonate sequences across the upper continental slope. Slope failure events are caused by loss of support associated with the formation of channels, gullies, canyon heads and fault-related escarpments. Mass movements play a key role in eroding the seafloor and transferring material to the lower MSE. In particular, they control the extent of headward and lateral extension of submarine canyons, facilitate tributary development, remove material from the continental shelf and slope, and feed sediment and drive its transport across the submarine canyon system.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherSpringeren_GB
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_GB
dc.subjectSubmarine geology -- Researchen_GB
dc.subjectSubmarine topography -- Maltaen_GB
dc.subjectSubmarine topography -- Italy -- Sicilyen_GB
dc.subjectCanyons -- Maltaen_GB
dc.subjectCanyons -- Italy -- Sicilyen_GB
dc.subjectSubmarine topography -- Maltaen_GB
dc.subjectSubmarine topography -- Italy -- Sicilyen_GB
dc.subjectSedimentology -- Researchen_GB
dc.titleThe Malta-Sicily Escarpment : mass movement dynamics in a sediment-undersupplied marginen_GB
dc.typeconferenceObjecten_GB
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dc.bibliographicCitation.conferencename6th International Symposium on Submarine Mass Movements and their Consequencesen_GB
dc.bibliographicCitation.conferenceplaceKiel, Germany, 23-25/09/2013en_GB
dc.description.reviewedpeer-revieweden_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-319-00972-8_28-
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