RESEARCH ARTICLE
Mapping Submarine Landslide: A Case Study in Northern Continental Slope of the South China Sea
Tianyun Su1, *, Xishuang Li1, Jiagang Li2, Lejun Liu1
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2015Volume: 8
First Page: 103
Last Page: 109
Publisher Id: TOPEJ-8-103
DOI: 10.2174/1874834101508010103
Article History:
Received Date: 15/12/2014Revision Received Date: 4/1/2015
Acceptance Date: 25/2/2015
Electronic publication date: 18/3/2015
Collection year: 2015
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Geographical Information Systems is a useful tool for marine geohazard mapping. This paper describes an integrated and systematic map-based approach for identification and characterization of submarine landslide with multidisciplinary data such as multibeam bathymetric data, multichannel seismic data, sidescan sonar and so on. Taking Liwan 3- 1 gas field in northern continental slope of Southern China Sea as a case study, a regional database is established to provide convenient services to manage search and extract the target data for geohazard mapping and identification. Bathymetric map and seismo-geomorphologic map are calculated and produced with GIS to establish an elementary understanding of geomorphologic features. With this integrated approach, dozens of landslides are identified in the study area and they are featured as small and multiple superimposed failure scars. Fundamental information of landslides can also be provided for further detail interpretation, quantification and assessment of their mechanism and potential risks.
