3-D geometry and luminescence chronology of Quaternary soft-sediment deformation structures in gravels, northeastern Brazil

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 235, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 160-171

  Moura Lima, Elissandra N ^a   Bezerra, Francisco H R ^a   Lima Filho, Francisco P ^a   de Castro, David L ^a   Sousa, Maria O L ^a   Fonseca, Vanildo P ^a   Aquino, Milena R ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b CPRM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Liquefaction; Luminescence; Neotectonics; Paleoseismicity; Soft sediment deformation structures

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS; BRAZIL; COARSE SEDIMENT; DEFORMATION STRUCTURE; DENSITY GRADIENTS; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; MORPHOLOGY AND SIZE; NEOTECTONICS; NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL; PALEOSEISMICITY; SAR PROTOCOL; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SOFT-SEDIMENT DEFORMATION; SOFT-SEDIMENT DEFORMATION STRUCTURES; STRATIGRAPHIC INTERVALS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOMETRY; GRAVEL; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; LIQUEFACTION; LUMINESCENCE; STRATIGRAPHY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CHRONOLOGY; DEFORMATION; GRAVEL; LIQUEFACTION; LUMINESCENCE; NEOTECTONICS; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMICITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

BRAZIL;

EID: 79952440359     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.09.016     Document Type: Article

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