Holocene soft-sediment deformation of the Santa Fe-Sopetrán Basin, northern Colombian Andes: Evidence for pre-Hispanic seismic activity?

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 235, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 188-199

  Suter, F ^a   Martinez J I ^a   Velez M I ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cauca Romeral Fault System; Driving force; Geologic risk; Paleoseismology; Seismite; Triggering mechanism

Indexed keywords

DRIVING FORCES; FAULT SYSTEM; GEOLOGIC RISK; PALEOSEISMOLOGY; SEISMITE; TRIGGERING MECHANISM;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEFORMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKES;

DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMITE;

CAUCA VALLEY; COLOMBIA;

EID: 79952450889     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.09.018     Document Type: Article

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