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Project

Evolution of the Gollum Channel System, offshore Ireland: risk assessment of tsunamigenic processes and relevance for regional sedimentary processes

Tsunamis are not always caused by earthquakes, but can also be generated by mass-wasting events.
This project postulates that the Gollum Channel System, offshore Ireland, is a potential source of
tsunami risk, based on the earlier occurrence of some large-scale slope failures. To assess this risk,
the evolution of this system will be investigated using the most recent state-of-the-art technologies.

Date:1 Jan 2020 →  31 Oct 2020
Keywords:marine geophysics, Quaternary, sedimentology, Porcupine Seabight, mass-wasting, Gollum Channel System, tsunami
Disciplines:Seismology and seismic exploration, Marine geoscience, Stratigraphy