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Seismic amplitude response to internal heterogeneity of mass-transport deposits
National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics – OGS, Trieste, Italy
Angelo Camerlenghi
National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics – OGS, Trieste, Italy
Francesca Zolezzi
RINA Consulting, Genoa, Italy
Marilena Calarco
RINA Consulting, Genoa, Italy
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Short summary
Submarine landslides commonly appear as low-amplitude zones in seismic data. Previous studies have attributed this to a lack of preserved internal structure. We use seismic modelling to show that an amplitude reduction can be generated even when there is still metre-scale internal structure, by simply deforming the bedding. This has implications for interpreting failure type, for core-seismic correlation and for discriminating landslides from other "transparent" phenomena such as free gas.
Submarine landslides commonly appear as low-amplitude zones in seismic data. Previous studies...
