This team is working closely with the oil industry to develop models for marine hazards associated with:
Current studies include:
We have developed a regional approach to assessing the risks associated with offshore developments. The use of detailed seabed imagery based on multibeam, or the first returns from 3D seismic data, combined with high resolution seismic data, provides the main tools for initial assessment.
Learn more about underwater landslides in our Discovering geology pages, where there's more imagery and videos all about Landslides in the sea.
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