The Slide2 program was set up and run successfully on the trainee’s work computer in the first day. In the second day, the program algorithms, model setup, modelling steps and running parameters were explained by the instructor. In the flowing days, basic models were created with different geological model settings (various shelf-slope geometries, layers and their geotechnical parameters and conditions such as boundary conditions and water table level and hydraulic head, rain fall (infiltration) and submarine landslide mechanism such as rotational or planar surface sliding types etc.). The 2D geological model of a submarine landslide of a Canadian margin was constructed by the trainee and imported as a model input into the program to practice model preparation. The geological model set-up and factor of safety (FOS) calculation under groundwater flow condition were practiced successfully with the Slide2.
The basic principles of submarine landslide and groundwater modelling with the Slide2 software were practiced. The trainee set-up the geological model of the Canadian margin and assigned material properties from the Hekja well and the literature of ODP drilling reports (ODP leg 105) close-by study area, the northeastern Canadian margin, offshore Hudson Strait. The model import of the Canadian margin into the Slide was completed, however, the timeline was not enough to model the Canadian margin nor creating a model of the Galapagos platform. Modelling of Canadian margin is still in progress. In the following, it is planned to construct a geological model of Galapagos platform and try to simulate this area also with the Slide3 or similar geotechnical softwares for submarine landslide modelling and potential influence of groundwater flow on the slope instability in the near future. The results of the study are aimed to contribute to a scientific paper which is planned in the Galapagos area in the near future. The training will allow the trainee substantially in developing her skills for submarine landslide and groundwater flow which will help greatly in her career progress and she aims to work on and contribute scientifically to the topic continuously in order to become an expert in the field.