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| Vanneste, Maarten; Sultan, Nabil; Garziglia, Sebastien; Forsberg, Carl Fredrik; L'Heureux, Jean-sebastien. |
| In this paper, we present the current practice of investigations of seafloor instabilities and deformation processes, based on extensive research conducted over the last years, which sets the scene for future research activities in this field. The mapping of the continental margins and coastal areas with ever increasing resolution systematically reveals evidence of instabilities and deformation processes, both active and palaeo-features. In order to properly assess the hazards and risks related to these features, an integrated and multi-disciplinary approach is essential, but challenging. Such an approach consists of combining field data (geophysics, geology, sedimentology, geochemistry and geotechnical data) with numerical simulations constrained by... |
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Palavras-chave: Marine geotechnics; Slope stability; Sediment failures; Fluid flow; Shear strength; Marine geophysics; Monitoring; Excess pore pressure; Site investigations. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00173/28378/26692.pdf |
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| Sultan, Nabil; Voisset, Michel; Marsset, Bruno; Marsset, Tania; Cauquil, E; Colliat, J. |
| The study area, offshore Nigeria, is located in one of the compressional zones within the Niger Delta, which is characterized by imbricate thrust structures. Although the low mean slope angle (around 2°), bathymetry data from the study area have shown the existence of several submarine landslides which coincide with known subsurface faulted compressive features. In this paper, we have focused on a submarine slide occurring in water depths ranging between 1690 and 1750 m. Headwall scars, internal architecture and associated deposits have been characterized using a combination of 3D seismic data, near-bottom echosounder seismic profiles, Kullenberg cores and in-situ geotechnical measurements. The slide shows horseshoe shaped headwall scars and depositional... |
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Palavras-chave: Slope stability; Piezometer; Penetrometer; Niger Delta; Modelling; Compressional structures. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-2408.pdf |
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| Garziglia, Sebastien; Sultan, Nabil; Cattaneo, Antonio; Ker, Stephan; Marsset, Bruno; Riboulot, Vincent; Voisset, Michel; Adamy, J.; Unterseh,. |
| In a site investigation of the eastern part of the offshore Niger delta, cone penetration tests (CPTU) showed significant drops in tip resistance, associated with decreases in sleeve friction and induced excess pore pressures at the interface between superficial sediments and the underlying deposits of a mass-transport complex (MTC) called NG1. Such signature characteristics of weakened zones are clearly expressed at three sites where the drop in tip resistance reaches more than 40% over 2-3 m-thick intervals. Correlations between CPTU profiles and both 3D and ultrahigh-resolution 2D seismic data suggest that the weakened zones surround syndepositional the within the frontal part of NG1. Hence, weakening appears associated with the remobilization of thrust... |
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Palavras-chave: Cone penetration tests; Shear zone; 3D seismic data; Ultrahigh-resolution 2D seismic; Mass-transport complex; Slope stability. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00105/21662/19695.pdf |
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| Dan, Gabriela; Sultan, Nabil; Savoye, Bruno; Deverchere, Jacques; Yelles, Karim. |
| The Algerian margin is a seismically active region, where during the last century, several large magnitude earthquakes took place. This study combines geotechnical and sedimentological data with numerical modelling to quantitatively assess the present-day slope stability of the Algerian margin. Geotechnical laboratory tests, such as cyclic triaxial tests, oedometric tests and vane shear tests were carried out on sediment cores collected on the study area. The liquefaction potential of a sediment column located about 30 km from the BoumerdSs earthquake epicentre of 21st May 2003 was evaluated theoretically for an earthquake of M (w) = 6.8. We show that thin sand and silt beds such as those described on recovered sediment cores are the main cause of sediment... |
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Palavras-chave: Earthquakes; Potential of liquefaction; Slope stability; Algerian margin. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2009/publication-6448.pdf |
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| Dan, Gabriela; Sultan, Nabil; Savoye, Bruno. |
| In 1979, a catastrophic event occurred on the Nice continental slope (French Riviera) generating the lost of human lives and important material damages. Part of the new harbour constructed at the edge of the International Airport of Nice collapsed into the sea. The main aim of this work was 1) to present a review of facts and details related to the 1979 accident and a review of the geological setting, and 2) to evaluate the slope stability before and after the new harbour construction, by taking into account new available data such as sediment cores and piezocone CPTU data. The CPTU data were of great value to understand the origin of the 1979 event. They show the existence of a sensitive clay bed between 30 mbsf and 45 mbsf Under high deviatoric load a... |
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Palavras-chave: Finite element method; Trigger mechanism; Slope stability; Nice 1979 event. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-3507.pdf |
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| Nouze, Herve; Contrucci, Isabelle; Foucher, Jean-paul; Marsset, Bruno; Thomas, Yannick; Thereau, Estelle; Normand, Alain; Le Drezen, Eliane; Didailler, Stephane; Regnault, Jean-pierre; Le Conte, Sandie; Guidart, Stéphanie; Lekens, Win; Dean, Simon; Throo, Alexandre. |
| The Storegga slides, off Norway, are among the largest submarine slides ever known on a continental slope. The HYDRATECH cruise on N/O Le Suro (i) over capt aimed at a high-resolution survey of an area at the northern boundary of the slides. This survey images in great detail the bottom simulating reflector (BSR) extent and properties, the various fluid escape structures and the sediment deformations. The combination and the quality of the data help to understand the still poorly constrained relationships between fluid escapes, gas hydrates and slope stability in the survey area. |
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Palavras-chave: Slope stability; Fluid escapes; Gas hydrates; Storegga. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2004/publication-511.pdf |
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| Leynaud, Didier; Sultan, Nabil; Mienert, Jurgen. |
| Despite the gently dipping slopes (ca 1 degrees), large-scale submarine slope failures have occurred on the mid-Norwegian continental margin (Storegga, Sklinnadjupet, Traenadjupet), suggesting the presence of special conditions predisposing to failure in this formerly glaciated margin. With a volume estimated between 2,400 and 3,200 km(3) and an affected area of approximately 95,000 km(2), the Storegga slide represents one of the largest and best-studied submarine slides of Holocene age known worldwide. Finite element modeling of slope failure indicates that a large (6.5 < Ms < 7.0) seismic triggering mechanism would not be sufficient to cause failure at more than 110 m below the seabed as observed for the slip planes at Storegga (northern sidewall).... |
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Palavras-chave: Submarine slide; Slope stability; Sediment overpressure; Rapid sedimentation. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-3521.pdf |
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| Sultan, Nabil; Cochonat, Pierre; Bourillet, Jean-francois; Cayocca, Florence. |
| This article presents a methodology developed to evaluate the instability of submarine slopes that extend over a large area. Special attention was paid to (1) the complex geometry (bathymetry) and the expanse of the slope, (2) the heterogeneity of the sediment, and (3) the distribution of the pore pressure. The safety factor was considered as a spatially varying quantity. The General Formulation (GLE, Fredlund and Krahn 1977), which fully satisfies equilibrium conditions, was used for evaluating the stability of the marine slope. The submarine slope failure, which occurred on 16 October 1979 during the construction of the new Nice airport, was studied in order to test the developed model. Geotechnical parameters were taken from experimental tests carried... |
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Palavras-chave: Shear strength; Slope stability; Safety factor; Marine sediment; Finite element; Finite difference; Failure. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2001/publication-698.pdf |
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| Leynaud, Didier; Sultan, Nabil. |
| Recent geophysical and geotechnical data acquired on the Nice shelf to the east of the 1979 landslide source area, Suggest slow deformations processes which could lead to future catastrophic slope failure. According to these preliminary interpretations, it is of major interest to perform a slope stability evaluation to define the hazard and quantify the danger related to a probable instability on this slope. A probabilistic approach is proposed here using a modified version of the SAMU_3D model, a 3-D slope stability software recently developed by Sultan and others to account for complex geometry. The 3-D analysis is based on the upper bound theorem of plasticity developed by Chen and others. One of the main features of the original model is to allow... |
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Palavras-chave: Probabilistic analysis; Slope stability; Monte Carlo simulation; Shear zone. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00002/11290/7828.pdf |
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