Slope Stability
April 1995 – Palisades, New York
Convener: Nicholas Pratson
April 1995 – Palisades, New York
Convener: Nicholas Pratson
Overview
The workshop on slope stability was convened to focus on the scientific goals of a potential ODP drilling leg devoted to studying submarine slope failure. Submarine failures are one of the greatest hazards to marine installations (e.g., communications cables, offshore production infrastructure, and national defense facilities). The workshop identified three principal objectives that need to be met before submarine slope stability can be reliably gauged:
JOI/USSAC Newsletter Article (pdf)
Article Authors
Lincoln Pratson, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Carols Pirmez, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
David Goldberg, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory