Large submarine landslides offshore Mt. Etna

High resolution seismic data, we collected in the Ionian
sea, reveal large submarine landslide deposits offshore from
Mt. Etna (Italy), spatially consistent with the eastern flank
collapse of this volcano. A large debris-avalanche deposit,
we relate to the Valle del Bove scar, displays long
offshore run-outs (till 20 km) and a volume of a few tens
of cubic kilometres (16–21 km3). Other landslide
deposits are also imaged, in particular a striking unique
record of the relative timing of multiple submarine large
slump events.

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