Syndepositional tectonics recorded by soft-sediment deformation and liquefaction structures (continental Lower Permian sediments, Southern Alps, Northern Italy): Stratigraphic significance

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 235, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 249-263

  Berra, F ^a   Felletti, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early Permian; Sediment liquefaction; Seismites; Southern Alps; Syndepositional tectonics

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE STRUCTURES; CLASTICS; CONTINENTAL BASINS; DEFORMATION FEATURE; DUCTILE STRUCTURES; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; GEODYNAMIC SETTING; LAKE DEPOSITS; MUD CRACKS; NORTHERN ITALY; PERMIAN; PYROCLASTIC FLOWS; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMIC SHOCKS; SEISMITES; SOFT-SEDIMENT DEFORMATION; SOUTHERN ALPS; STRATIGRAPHIC RECORDS; SYNDEPOSITIONAL TECTONICS; TIME INTERVAL; TRANSTENSIONAL TECTONICS; VOLCANIC FLOWS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CARBONATES; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; LIQUEFACTION; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILT; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

GEODYNAMICS;

DEFORMATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EARTHQUAKE; FACIES ANALYSIS; GEODYNAMICS; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; LIQUEFACTION; PERMIAN; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMITE; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952438088     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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