Frau Prof. Dr. Morelia Urlaub

Submarine landslides can be major geohazards as they can destroy seafloor infrastructure, such as telecommunication cables and they can cause tsunamis. For hazard assessment and mitigation purposes we need to understand why, where, and how they occur. In this talk I will present the different types of submarine mass movements, summarise of the current understanding, explain why we have as yet failed to monitor a submarine landslide in action, and what may be potential future research directions.