Advances in Marine Geohazard Mapping
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Geological Oceanography".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 September 2023) | Viewed by 569
Special Issue Editors
Interests: acquiring, handling, processing, visualizing, mapping and interpreting of geophysical (multibeam, side scan sonar and seismic reflection), sedimentological, geochemical and isotopic data.
Interests: marine geology; quaternary geology; sequence stratigraphy; sedimentary basins; seismo-stratigraphic analysis
Interests: marine geology; marine geohazard; sequence stratigraphy; seabed sedimentary structures; quaternary geology
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Dear Colleagues,
Geohazards are disasters induced by natural processes or human activity. In recent decades, geohazards have affected terrestrial and marine regions and continue to impose a significant financial burden on global nations. Their impact can be reduced through enhanced knowledge and monitoring of the processes involved in order to forecast both where and when these processes are likely to occur. Marine geohazards derive from a large kind of morphodynamic processes (e.g., coastal erosion, landslides, formation of submarine canyons/channels, submarine volcanism, subsidence/uplift) mostly related to the tectono-sedimentary evolution of continental margins.
The importance of identifying and characterizing the processes involved in marine geohazards has significantly increased in recent decades, due to the strong impact of climate change, the progress in offshore exploration activities, and the increasing population density along coastal areas. The continuous acquisition of high-quality geophysical and geological data with different resolution, improved due to recent developments in seafloor imaging and mapping techniques, allows us to better identify and characterize potential marine geohazards.
This Special Issue aims to explore the morphodynamic processes involved in marine geohazards, understand their influence on the seafloor and coastal morphology, and estimate their hazard potential on human activities and infrastructures. Contributions are invited from any offshore region, from continental shelves to abyssal plains, based on multiscale datasets including hydroacoustic imagery, 2D/3D seismic reflection data, samples, and ROV observations.
Dr. Daniele Spatola
Dr. Marta Corradino
Prof. Dr. Francesco Latino Chiocci
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- submarine landslides
- coastal erosion
- canyons
- mud volcanoes
- submarine vents
- fluid flows
- active tectonics
- tsunami
- earthquakes
- multibeam
- seismic reflection
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