Earthquake and flood-induced turbidites in the Saguenay Fjord (Québec): A Holocene paleoseismicity record

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 283-294

  St Onge, Guillaume ^a,e   Mulder, Thierry ^b   Piper, David J W ^c   Hillaire Marcel, Claude ^a   Stoner, Joseph S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FLOW PATTERNS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; TURBIDITY; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

DEGLACIATION; PALEOMAGNETIC VARIATIONS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CHRONOLOGY; EARTHQUAKE; FLOODING; HOLOCENE; PALEOSEISMICITY; TURBIDITE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAGUENAY FJORD;

EID: 1242344701     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.03.001     Document Type: Article

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