Synsedimentary deformation of Pleistocene glaciolacustrine deposits in the Albese con Cassano Area (Southern Alps, Northern Italy), and possible implications for paleoseismicity

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 196, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 59-80

  Chunga, Kervin ^a,b   Livio, Franz ^a   Michetti, Alessandro M ^a   Serva, Leonello ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE GUAYAQUIL   (Ecuador)

^c APAT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Liquefaction; Northern Italy; Paleoseismicity; Seismic hazard; Soft sediment deformations

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LIQUEFACTION; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRATIGRAPHY; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847351261     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.08.010     Document Type: Article

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