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Storegga Slide - NGI

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Risk Summary<strong>Slide</strong> consequence class Description of slide Risk results(frequency per year)Comments1st party orenvironment3rd partyMajor:<strong>Slide</strong> generates tsunami thatcauses damage along thecoast.(3rd party, 1st party risk andenvironmental risk)Large regional slides related tothe glacial/ interglacial cycles.(Volume range 100 - 3000 km 3 )<strong>Slide</strong>s from the back walls of the<strong>Storegga</strong> slide scar;retrogressive processNot relevantNotrelevantThe prehistoric <strong>Storegga</strong> slideremoved all soft sediments< 4·10 -8 Only natural causes (extremelystrong earthquakes).No project generated risk

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