Con­tra­dic­tory effect of earth­qua­kes on sub­marine slo­pes
(WorldNews Environment)

Image: Scientists and shipboard crew await the arrival of a new sediment core onboard research vessel RV Sonne in 2016. (Credit: T. Schwestermann) Whereas most previous research assumed that sediment transport by earthquakes only happened by sliding of sediment packages (i.e. submarine landslides), that are several meters thick, the recently-discovered process of surficial remobilization involves the stripping of only a thin veneer of sediment over an extensive area. At first view a few missing...