Giant earthquakes in South-Central Chile revealed by Holocene mass-wasting events in Lake Puyehue

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 195, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 239-256

  Moernaut, Jasper ^a   De Batist, Marc ^a   Charlet, Francois ^a   Heirman, Katrien ^a   Chapron, Emmanuel ^b   Pino, Mario ^c   Brümmer, Robert ^c   Urrutia, Roberto ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Giant earthquakes; Holocene; Lake sediments; Mass wasting; South Central Chile

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MASS WASTING; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

CHILE; LOS LAGOS; PUYEHUE LAKE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33846853128     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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