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Submarine slides varying from 0.002km3 to more than 360km3 have been identified in the Faroe — Shetland Channel using a wide range of surveys. Although not a major constraint to seabed use slides need to be considered as a potential geohazard. Dynamic loading of contouritic horizons is considered the triggering mechanism of these thin layer failures.
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Long, D., Stevenson, A.G., Wilson, C.K., Bulat, J. (2003). Slope Failures in the Faroe — Shetland Channel. In: Locat, J., Mienert, J., Boisvert, L. (eds) Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0093-2_31
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