Upslope Failure Mechanisms and Criteria in Submarine Landslides: Shear Band Propagation, Slab Failure and Retrogression

The volume of a submarine landslide is likely to be amplified by shear band propagation along a basal surface or spreading failure extension in the sliding layer. Although the mechanism of translational submarine landslides has been understood using the interpretation of shear band propagation, assessment of the limits of failure extension, either through shear band propagation or retrogressive spreading, remains a challenge due to the diversity...