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Can Offshore Meteoric Groundwater Generate Mechanical Instabilities in Passive Continental Margins?
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Offshore meteoric groundwater (OMG) has long been hypothesized to be a driver of seafloor geomorphic processes in continental margins worldwide. Testing this hypothesis has been challenging because of our limited understanding of the distribution and rate of OMG flow and seepage, and their efficacy as erosive/destabilizing agents. Here we carry out numerical simulations of groundwater flow and slope stability using conceptual models and evolving stratigraphy¿for passive siliciclastic and carbonate margin cases¿to assess whether OMG and its evolution during a late Quaternary glacial cycle can generate the pore pressures required to trigger mechanical instabilities on the seafloor. Conceptual model results show that mechanical instabilities using OMG flow are most likely to occur in the outer shelf to upper slope, at or shortly before the Last Glacial Maximum sea-level lowstand. Models with evolving stratigraphy show that OMG flow is a key driver of pore pressure development and instability in the carbonate margin case. In the siliciclastic margin case, OMG flow plays a secondary role in preconditioning the slope to failure. The higher degree of spatial/stratigraphic heterogeneity of carbonate margins, lower shear strengths of their sediments, and limited generation of overpressures by sediment loading may explain the higher susceptibility of carbonate margins, in comparison to siliciclastic margins, to mechanical instability by OMG flow. OMG likely played a more significant role in carbonate margin geomorphology (e.g., Bahamas, Maldives) than currently thought.
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MICALLEF, Aaron, PERSON, Mark, GUPTA, Shubhangi, SAADATKHAH, Nader, CAMILLE, Adrien, GRATACÓS TORRÀ, Òscar. Can Offshore Meteoric Groundwater Generate Mechanical Instabilities in Passive Continental Margins?. _Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface_. 2023. Vol. 128, núm. 3, pàgs. e2022JF006954. [consulta: 25 de gener de 2026]. ISSN: 2169-9003. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/197248]