Evidence for Late Messinian seismites, Nijar Basin, south-east Spain

Sedimentology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1595-1622

  Fortuin, Anne R ^a   Dabrio, C J ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lago Mare; Liquefaction structures; Messinian; Nijar Basin; Palaeoseismology; Seismites; Soft sediment deformation

Indexed keywords

CONGLOMERATE; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; FACIES; LIQUEFACTION; MESSINIAN; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMITE;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NIJAR BASIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 56349126270     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.00959.x     Document Type: Article

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