Fan beheading and drainage diversion as evidence of a 3200-2800 BP earthquake event in the Esmeraldas-Tumaco seismic zone: A case study for the effects of great subduction earthquakes

Geomorphology

Volumn 74, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 100-123

  Dumont, J F ^a   Santana, E ^b   Valdez, F ^c   Tihay, J P ^d   Usselmann, P ^e   Iturralde, D ^f   Navarette, E ^g  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b Instituto Oceanográfico y Antártico de la Armada del Ecuador   (Ecuador)

^c Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Ecuador   (Ecuador)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^e University of Nice UMR 6012 ESPACE   (France)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE GUAYAQUIL   (Ecuador)

^g ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICA DEL LITORAL   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Beach ridges; Drainage diversion; Drainage pattern; Ecuador

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CHANGE; DRAINAGE NETWORK; EARTHQUAKE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

EID: 32644433941     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.07.011     Document Type: Article

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