Lateral variability of ancient seismites related to differences in sedimentary facies (the synrift Escucha Formation, mid-Cretaceous, eastern Spain)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 201, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 461-484

  Rodríguez López, Juan Pedro ^a   Meléndez, Nieves ^a   Soria, Ana Rosa ^b   Liesa, Carlos Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c Tom)   (Poland)

Author keywords

Event layer; Facies variability; Palaeoseismites; Soft sediment deformation; Storm influenced facies; Synsedimentary fault

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FACIES; SEISMITE; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS;

ARAGON; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TERUEL [ARAGON];

EID: 34848878882     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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