Research themes

Seafloor processes and landforms

  • Submarine landslides and sedimentary flows
  • Submarine volcanoes and flank collapse
  • Submarine canyons and gullies
  • Active faulting
  • Continental shelf dynamics
  • Submerged palaeolandscapes
  • Carbonate escarpments

 

Marine hydrogeology

  • Offshore freshened groundwater
  • Gas hydrates
  • Fluid flow and escape

 

Seafloor surveying methods

  • Marine geomorphometry
  • Habitat mapping

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