A possible earthquake-triggered mega-boulder slide in a Chilean Mio-Pliocene marine sequence: Evidence for rapid uplift and bonebed genesis

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 697-705

  Walsh, S A ^a   Martill, D M ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; SEAFLOOR; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

BAHIA; BRAZIL; CHILE; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745629021     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764920-135     Document Type: Article

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