Paleo-earthquakes in passive-margin settings, an example from the Paleocene of the Golfo San Jorge Basin, Argentina

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 205, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 67-78

  Foix, Nicolás ^a,b   Paredes, José M ^a   Giacosa, Raúl E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Servicio Geologico Minero Argentino   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ancient seismites; Golfo San Jorge Basin; Paleocene; South American passive margin; Synsedimentary normal faults

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; FISSURE; FLUIDIZATION; LIQUEFACTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOCENE; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEISMITE;

ARGENTINA; SAN JORGE BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 41849150347     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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