Insights into Submarine Geohazards from Breaks in Subsea Telecommunication Cables

The original discovery of active submarine landslides and turbidity currents in the deep ocean was made in the 1950s through analysis of breaks in transoceanic communications cables. Further insights regarding the causes, frequency, and behavior of damaging submarine flows are presented here, based...

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Main Authors: Lionel Carter, Rachel Gavey, Peter J. Talling, James T. Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Oceanography Society 2014-06-01
Series:Oceanography
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Online Access:http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/27-2_carter.pdf