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Environmental Risks to Infrastructure Innovation Programme

New field-scale calibration for turbidity current impact modelling

CIRIA Ref:

NERC Ref:

Start Date:

41

NE/P009190/1

01/11/2016

Case Study:

Call Year:

End Date:

Open PDF

2016

31/10/2017

Research Institution:

National Oceanography Centre

Principle Investigator:

Dr Mike Clare

CO Investigator(s):

Peter Talling, Mattieu Cartigny

Industry Partners:

Shell International, HR Wallingford Ltd, Cheveron Energy Technology Company, Victoria University of Wellington, Imperial College London

Hazards

Geological hazards, High impact low probability event

The aim of this innovation project was to transfer knowledge about turbidity currents based on recent field measurements, with respect to risks posed to seafloor infrastructure. The project identified new monitoring tools and developed an improved model to enable more realistic impact assessments.

Further Information

Open access paper that summarises emerging tools to make direct measurements of deep sea geohazards

 

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