@article{f8f1f69bf84144538311c1294c481589,
title = "Fangliao Slide — a large slope failure in the upper Kaoping Slope off southwest Taiwan",
abstract = "Based on seismic reflection profiles and multi-beam bathymetric data, a large submarine landslide named Fangliao Slide is mapped for the first time off SW Taiwan. The Fangliao Slide occurred on the continental slope to the west of the Fangliao Canyon at water depths between 420 and 900 m. The seafloor of the Fangliao Slide has a gentle slope angle (~1 - 2°). The landslide covers an area of ~15 km length and ~10 km width and a volume of ~26 km3. The headwall of the landslide has ~30 m vertical offset at the southern flank of mud diapir MD7-1, and the sidewalls are bounded by fault A in the west and faults C and D in the east. The sliding area is composed of five bathymetric terraces, indicating that the slope failures have occurred several times. The Fangliao Slide can be divided into an upper domain and a lower domain, separated at the water depth of ~600 m where the gas hydrate off SW Taiwan becomes dissociate. The initial slope failure of the Fangliao Slide was probably linked to mud diapirism of MD7-1 and the slope failure in the lower domain was probably augmented by the gas hydrate dissociation. The seafloor morphology in the lower domain is therefore more corrugated than in the upper domain.",
keywords = "Gas hydrate, Mud diapir, Southwest Taiwan, Submarine landslide",
author = "Chen, {Song Chuen} and Tsai, {Ching Hui} and Hsu, {Shu Kun} and Yeh, {Yi Ching} and Liu, {Char Shine} and Chung, {San Hsiung} and Wei, {Cheng Yueh}",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgements We appreciate the crew and the technical staff of the M/V POLARIS and R/V Ocean Researcher I and II for conducting multi-beam echo sounder surveys and collecting multi-channel seismic reflection profiles. We are indebted to Dr. David V{\"o}elker and Dr. Deniz Curkur for their valuable comments and suggestions that fruitfully improved the quality of this paper. This study was mainly supported by the Central Geological Survey, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan, under grants 101-5226904000-06 and 102-5226904000-05 and by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan. Funding Information: We appreciate the crew and the technical staff of the M/V POLARIS and R/V Ocean Researcher I and II for conducting multi-beam echo sounder surveys and collecting multi-channel seismic reflection profiles. We are indebted to Dr. David V{\"o}elker and Dr. Deniz Curkur for their valuable comments and suggestions that fruitfully improved the quality of this paper. This study was mainly supported by the Central Geological Survey, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan, under grants 101-5226904000-06 and 102-5226904000-05 and by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan.",
year = "2018",
month = feb,
doi = "10.3319/TAO.2017.06.14.01",
language = "???core.languages.en_GB???",
volume = "29",
pages = "17--30",
journal = "Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences",
issn = "1017-0839",
number = "1",
}