Awards of 5th ISSMMTC






Best paper award

Steiner, A., L'Heureux, J.-S., Kopf, A., Vanneste, M., Longva, O., Lange, M., Haflidason, H.,
An In-Situ Free-Fall Piezocone Penetrometer for Characterizing Soft and Sensitive Clays at Finneidfjord (Northern Norway). In: Yamada Y. et al (Eds), Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research Series, Springer, Vol. 34, 99-109 (ISBN 978-94-007-2161-6). (Chapter 9)







Best paper award

Turmel, D., Locat, J., Parker, G.,
Upstream migration of knickpoints: geotechnical considerations. In: Yamada Y. et al (Eds), Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research Series, Springer, Vol. 34, 123-131 (ISBN 978-94-007-2161-6). (Chapter 11)







Best poster award

Jacob Geersen Geersen, J., Behrmann,J.H., Voelker, D., Weinrebe, W., Krastel, S., Reicher, C.
Giant submarine slope failures off Southern Chile and their implications for seismogenic behavior of convergent continental margins. 5th International symposium of submarine mass movements and their consequences 2011 Kyoto IGCP585, Kyoto, Japan.







List of the runner up papers for the best paper awards

Cauchon-Voyer, G., Locat, J., St-Onge, G., Leroueil, S., Lajeunesse, P.,
Development and potential triggering mechanisms for a large Holocene landslide in the Lower St. Lawrence Estuary. In: Yamada Y. et al (Eds), Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research Series, Springer, Vol. 34 (ISBN 978-94-007-2161-6). (Chapter 6)


Urlaub, M., Zervos, A., Talling, P.J., Masson, D.G., Clayton, C.I.,
How do ~2° slopes fail in areas of slow sedimentation? A sensitivity study on the influence of accumulation rate and permeability on submarine slope stability. In: Yamada Y. et al (Eds), Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research Series, Springer, Vol. 34 (ISBN 978-94-007-2161-6). (Chapter 25)


L'Heureux, J.S., Longva, O., Steiner, A., Hansen, L., Vardy, M. E., Vanneste, M., Haflidason, H., Brendryen, J., Kvalstad, T.J., Forsberg, C.F., Chand, S., Kopf, A,.
Identification of weak layers and their role for the stability of slopes at Finneidfjord, northern Norway. In: Yamada Y. et al (Eds), Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research Series, Springer, Vol. 34 (ISBN 978-94-007-2161-6). (Chapter 29)


Völker, D., Geersen, J., Behrmann, J.H., Weinrebe, W.R.,
Submarine mass wasting off Southern Central Chile: Distribution and possible mechanisms of slope failure at an active continental margin. In: Yamada Y. et al (Eds), Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research Series, Springer, Vol. 34 (ISBN 978-94-007-2161-6). (Chap. 34)


Migeon, S., Cattaneo, A., Hassoun, V., Dano, A., Casedevant, A., Ruellan, E.,
Failure processes and gravity-flow transformation revealed by high-resolution AUV swath bathymetry on the Nice continental slope (Ligurian Sea). In: Yamada Y. et al (Eds), Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research Series, Springer, Vol. 34 (ISBN 978-94-007-2161-6). (Chap 40)


Lucchi, R.G., Pedrosa, M.T., Camerlenghi, A., Urgeles, R., De Mol, B., Rebesco, M.,
Recent submarine landslides on the continental slope of Storfjorden and Kveithola Trough-Mouth Fans (north west Barents Sea). In: Yamada Y. et al (Eds), Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research Series, Springer, Vol. 34 (ISBN 978-94-007-2161-6). (Chap. 65)