Fluidization of buried mass-wasting deposits in lake sediments and its relevance for paleoseismology: Results from a reflection seismic study of lakes Villarrica and Calafquén (South-Central Chile)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 213, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 121-135

  Moernaut, Jasper ^a   De Batist, Marc ^a   Heirman, Katrien ^a   Van Daele, Maarten ^a   Pino, Mario ^b   Brümmer, Robert ^b   Urrutia, Roberto ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Fluidization structures; Lake sediments; Paleoseismology; Reflection seismic profiling; South Central Chile

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FLUIDIZATION; GEOMETRY; LIQUEFACTION; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 60749133283     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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