Earthquake-induced soft-sediment deformation structures in Upper Jurassic open-marine microbialites (Neuquén Basin, Argentina)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 235, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 210-221

  Martín Chivelet, Javier ^a   Palma, Ricardo M ^b   López Gómez, José ^a   Kietzmann, Diego A ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Andes; Back arc basin; Carbonate rocks; Seismites; Soft sediment deformation; Tithonian

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENTS;

ANDES; BACK-ARC BASIN; CARBONATE ROCK; SEISMITES; SOFT-SEDIMENT DEFORMATION; TITHONIAN;

GEODYNAMICS;

BACKARC BASIN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BOUDINAGE; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; MICROBIALITE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SEISMITE; TITHONIAN;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN BASIN;

AMMONOIDEA;

EID: 79952445328     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.09.017     Document Type: Article

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