Superposed deformed beds produced by single earthquakes (Tecopa Basin, California): Insights into paleoseismology

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 235, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 148-159

  Gibert, L ^a   Alfaro, P ^b   Garcia Tortosa F J ^c   Scott, G ^a  

^a BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Liquefaction; Load structures; Seismites; Soft sediment deformation structures; Tecopa Basin

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; ASH CONTENTS; CALIFORNIA; DENSITY GRADIENTS; GRAIN SIZE; LOAD STRUCTURES; OVERLAND FLOW; PALEOSEISMOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PLINIAN ERUPTION; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; SEISMITES; SOFT-SEDIMENT DEFORMATION; SOFT-SEDIMENT DEFORMATION STRUCTURES; TECOPA BASIN; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSITS; VOLCANICLASTICS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITS; LIQUEFACTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER CONTENT;

EARTHQUAKES;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; GRAIN SIZE; OVERLAND FLOW; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMITE; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

PLINIA;

EID: 79952441213     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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