Fluidization pipes and spring pits in a Gondwanan barrier-island environment: Groundwater phenomenon, palaeo-seismicity or a combination of both?

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 216, Issue , 2003, Pages 109-121

  Draganits, E ^a   Grasemann, B ^a   Schmid, H P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b OMV Group   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DEVONIAN; GONDWANA; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MOBILIZATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; PIN VALLEY; SOUTH ASIA;

ENTOVALVA; LAMIINAE;

EID: 0346398040     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.216.01.08     Document Type: Article

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