Soft-sediment deformation structures in late Albian to Cenomanian deposits, Sao Luis Basin, northern Brazil: Evidence for palaeoseismicity

Sedimentology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1065-1081

  Rossetti, Dilce De Fátima ^a  

^a Museu Goeldi   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Palaeoseismicity; Shoreface; Soft sediment deformation

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; LIQUEFACTION; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; UNCONSOLIDATED MEDIUM;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0033490712     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1999.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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