Sediment deformation in Miocene and post-Miocene strata, Northeastern Brazil: Evidence for paleoseismicity in a passive margin

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 235, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 172-187

  Rossetti, Dilce F ^a   Bezerra, F H R ^b   Góes, Ana M ^c   Neves, B B B ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Northeastern Brazil; Post Miocene; Sedimentary structures; Seismite; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

AFFECTED AREA; BRAZILIAN COAST; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; BRITTLE STRUCTURES; CLOSE PROXIMITY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; FAULT GRADING; GEOGRAPHIC AREAS; HOLOCENES; LATE PLEISTOCENE; MIOCENE; NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL; OVERPRESSURE; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENT DEFORMATION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTATION PATTERN; SEISMIC EVENT; SEISMIC SHOCKS; SEISMITE; SEISMITES; SOFT-SEDIMENT DEFORMATION; STRATIGRAPHIC INTERVALS; TECTONIC STRESS; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITS; EARTHQUAKES; ROCKS; SAND; SANDSTONE; SEISMIC WAVES; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES; TECTONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; MIOCENE; PALEOSEISMICITY; PASSIVE MARGIN; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMITE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

BRAZIL;

EID: 79952447669     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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