SLATE Workshop

Mar 26, 2020

Since autumn 2017, 15 PhD students of the training network SLATE (Submarine Landslides and their impact on European continental margins), funded by the Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Programme (MSC) of the European Commission, have been researching questions concerning submarine landslides. Once a year all participants meet for a joint workshop. A meeting was planned in Barcelona at the CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - Spanish National Research Council). However, it had to be cancelled due to the new situation resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead, a total of more than 30 participants joined a two day video conference from their home offices. This gave the PhD students the opportunity to present their current results to the entire consortium and to discuss them with all participants.

"All presentations and discussions ran smoothly without technical problems - scientific exchange is therefore possible across borders even in times of corona", summarizes Professor Katrin Huhn, who coordinates the project at MARUM.

SLATE involves 18 beneficiaries and partners, including universities, research institutions and companies, from seven European countries. The research in SLATE covers the entire process of submarine landslides: from trigger mechanisms and the subsequent downhill sediment transport to a better understanding of the potential tsunami risk and the resulting hazard risk for offshore infrastructure and the coastal regions.

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