Publications and Communications - Aaron Micallef

Publications

• Micallef, A. and Mountjoy, J.J., (2011) A topographic signature of a hydrodynamic origin for submarine gullies, Geology, 39, 115-118.

• Micallef, A., Berndt, C. and Debono, G. (2011) Fluid flow systems of the Malta Plateau, Central Mediterranean Sea, Marine Geology.

• Micallef, A. (2011) Marine geomorphology: Geomorphological mapping and the study of submarine landslides, in Smith, M.J., Paron, P. and Griffiths, J. S. (eds.) Geomorphological Mapping: Methods and Applications, Elsevier Science Ltd.

• Deidun, A., Borg, S., and Micallef, A. (2011) Making the Case for Marine Spatial Planning in the Maltese Islands, Ocean Development and International Law, 42, 1: 136-154.

• Deidun, A., Tsounis, G., Balzan, F. and Micallef, A. (2010) Records of black coral (Antipatharia) and red coral (Corallium rubrum) fishing activities in the Maltese Islands, Marine Biodiversity Records, 3, 1-6.

• Micallef, A., Masson, D.G., Berndt, C. and Stow, D.A.V., (2009) Development and mass movement processes of the north-eastern Storegga Slide, Quaternary Science Reviews, 28(5-6), 433-448.

• Micallef, A., Berndt, C., Masson, D.G. & Stow, D.A.V. (2008) Scale invariant behavior of the Storegga Slide and implications for large-scale submarine mass movements, Marine Geology, 247, 46-60.

• Micallef, A., Masson, D.G., Berndt, C. and Stow, D.A.V. (2007d) Morphology and mechanics of submarine spreading: A case-study from the Storegga Slide, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 112, F03023.

• Micallef, A., Berndt, C., Masson, D.G. and Stow, D.A.V. (2007c) Fractal statistics of the Storegga Slide, in Lykousis, V., Sakellariou, D. and Locat, J. (eds.) Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, 3-10.

• Micallef, A., Masson, D.G., Berndt, C. and Stow, D.A.V. (2007b) Submarine spreading: Dynamics and development, in Lykousis, V., Sakellariou, D. and Locat, J. (eds.) Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, 119-128.

• Micallef, A., Berndt, C., Masson, D.G. and Stow, D.A.V. (2007a) A technique for the geomorphometric characterization of submarine landscapes, as exemplified by debris flows in the Storegga Slide, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 112, F02001.

• Lastras, G., Canals, M., Amblas, D., Ivanov, M., Dennielou, B., Droz, L., Akhmetzhanov, A. and TTR-14 Leg 3 Shipboard Scientific Party (2006) Eivissa slides, western Mediterranean Sea: morphology and processes, Geo-Marine Letters, 26, 225-233.

• Micallef, A., Mountjoy, J.J., Canals, M. and Lastras, G. (in press) Deep-seated bedrock landslides and submarine canyon evolution in an active tectonic margin: Cook Strait, New Zealand, Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research.

• Mountjoy, J.J. and Micallef, A. (in press) Polyphase emplacement of a 30 km3 blocky debris avalanche and its role in upper continental-slope development, Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research.

Conference communications

• Micallef, A., Mountjoy, J.J., Canals, M. and Lastras, G. (in preparation) Deep-seated bedrock landslides and submarine canyon evolution in an active tectonic margin: Cook Strait, New Zealand, 5th International Conference on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, Kyoto.

• Mountjoy, J.J. and Micallef, A. (in preparation) Polyphase emplacement of a 30 km3 blocky debris avalanche and its role in upper continental-slope development, 5th International Conference on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, Kyoto..

• Foglini, F., Dalla Valle, G., Micallef, A., Berndt, C., Campiani, E. and Trincardi, F. (in preparation) Seafloor instability and mass wasting processes along the eastern Gela Slope, 5th International Conference on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, Kyoto.

• Micallef, A., Foglini, F., Le Bas, T., Angeletti, L., Huvenne, V. and Taviani, M. (2011) Reconstruction of the morphology and evolution of the submerged Quaternary landscape of the Maltese Islands, HERMIONE Annual Meeting 2011, Estepona, Spain.

• Micallef, A. and Mountjoy, J.J. (2011) Do cascading dense waters trigger the formation of submarine gullies?, HERMIONE Annual Meeting 2011, Estepona, Spain.

• Tubau, X., Lastras, G., Canals, M., Veres, O., Amblas, D., Rayo, X., Micallef, A. and HERMESIONE shipboard party (2011) Geomorphology of the Foix submarine canyon system (NW Mediterranean Sea), HERMIONE Annual Meeting 2011, Estepona, Spain.

• Micallef, A., Masson, D.G., Berndt, C. and Stow, D.A.V. (2011) Failure processes in submarine landslides: A geomorphometric approach, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 13.

• Le Bas, T., Micallef, A. and Blondel, P. (2011) Use of texture analysis techniques for digital mapping of underwater environments: The case of a submerged karstic landscape offshore Malta, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 13.

• Tubau, X., Lastras, G., Canals, M., Veres, O., Amblas, D., Rayo, X., Micallef, A. and HERMESIONE shipboard party (2011) Geomorphology of the Foix submarine canyon system, NW Mediterranean Sea, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 13.

• Veres, O., Lastras, G., Canals, M., Lafuerza, S., De Mol, B., Amblas, D., Durán, R., Costa, S., Micallef, A., Berndt, C. and HERMESIONE shipboard party (2011) Relief forming processes in the Eivissa channel, Western Mediterranean, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 13.

• Micallef, A., Berndt, C., Masson, D.G. and Stow, D.A.V. (2007b) Fractal statistics of the Storegga Slide, 3rd International Conference on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, Santorini, Greece.

• Micallef, A., Masson, D.G., Berndt, C. and Stow, D.A.V. (2007a) Submarine spreading: Dynamics and development, 3rd International Conference on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, Santorini, Greece.

• Micallef, A., Masson, D.G., Berndt, C. and Stow, D.A.V. (2006) Lateral spreading within the Storegga Slide: Form and process, British Sedimentological Research Group Annual Meeting 2006, Aberdeen, Scotland.

• Micallef, A., Masson, D.G., Berndt, C. and Stow, D.A.V. (2006) Mass movements within the Storegga Slide: A geomorphological approach, 17th International Sedimentological Congress 2006, Fukuoka, Japan.

• Micallef, A., Masson, D.G., Berndt, C., Blondel, P. and Stow, D.A.V. (2006) A geomorphological investigation of lateral spreading and translational sliding within the Storegga Slide, European Geosciences Union Annual Meeting 2006, Vienna, Austria.

• Micallef, A., Berndt, C., Masson, D.G. and Stow, D.A.V. (2006) A quantitative technique for the morphological characterisation of submarine slides, European Geosciences Union Annual Meeting 2006, Vienna, Austria.

• Micallef, A., Viles, H.A., Goudie, A.S. and Sancho, C. (2006) Capillary migration of anions in porous rocks: laboratory simulations and implications for weathering in sandstones, European Geosciences Union Annual Meeting 2006, Vienna, Austria.

• Micallef, A., Masson, D.G., Berndt, C. and Stow, D.A.V. (2005) Characterising the morphology of the Storegga Slide complex using quantitative geomorphometric techniques, 2nd International Conference on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, Oslo, Norway.

• Micallef, A. (2005) Geomorphological characterisation of the Storegga Slide complex, Postgraduate Research in Marine Earth Science Conference, Southampton, UK.

• Micallef, A., Viles, H.A. and Goudie, A.S. (2003) Salt migration by capillary action through lithic arenite sandstone as controlled by solution concentration and drying rate, British Geomorphological Research Group Annual Conference, Oxford, UK.