Scientist finds dozens of unknown submarine landslides in Gulf of Mexico

Scientist finds dozens of unknown submarine landslides in Gulf of Mexico

Terra Daily

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Washington DC (UPI) May 19, 2020

Using a new method for analyzing seismic data, Florida State University researcher Wenyuan Fan has identified 85 previously unknown underwater landslides. The hidden landslides - discovered between 2008 and 2015 and described this week in the journal Geophysical Research Letters - could pose a risk to oil rigs, pipelines and other underwater oil and gas infrastructure. "The obs

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