Septarian concretions: Internal cracking caused by synsedimentary earthquakes

Sedimentology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 189-213

  Pratt, B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concretions; Cracks; Deformation; Diagenesis; Earthquakes; Mudstones; Shales

Indexed keywords

CONCRETION; COSEISMIC PROCESS; CRACKING; EARTHQUAKE; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS;

EID: 0035108487     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2001.00366.x     Document Type: Article

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