Origin of recurrent and widespread seafloor instability on the eastern slope of Gela basin (Sicily channel)

<p>The margins of Gela basin, a 1000-m-deep slope basin in the Sicily Channel (Central Mediterranean), show evidence of widespread and recurrent sediment failure during the late Quaternary.</p> <p>Quaternary mass transport features (including evacuation head scarps and accumulation zones) extend over 85 km, along this inherited basin margin and range between 200 and 900 m.