Petter Bryn

TL;DR: The Storegga Slide occurred 8200 years ago and was the last megaslide in this region where similar slides have occurred with intervals of approximately 100 ky since the onset of continental shelf glaciations at 0.5 Ma.

TL;DR: A review and update from original data and literature reports the current state of knowledge of Storegga, Traenadjupet and Finneidfjord slides from the mid-Norwegian margin, Afen Slide from the Faeroe-Shetland Channel, BIG'95 Slide and Central Adriatic Deformation Belt (CADEB) from continental slope and inner continental shelf settings off the Ebro and Po rivers in the Mediterranean Sea, Canary Slide west of the westernmost, youngest Canary Islands and Gebra Slide off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula

TL;DR: The detailed mapping of the Storegga Slide morphological elements and the analyses of the slide development are based on high-quality acoustic and sampling data sets acquired through a cooperation between academia and the petroleum industry as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: The Storegga slide was released in an area where the average slope inclination is in the order of 0.6-0.7° as discussed by the authors. And the morphology of the upper part of the slide scar shows lateral spreads along marine clay layers indicating a retrogressive slide mechanism.

TL;DR: In this paper, detailed morphological investigations and a dating program have been performed to reveal the slide process and the timing of the slide, based on a comprehensive database, and detailed analyses of 89 cores within the Storegga Slide region have been undertaken.