Soft-sediment deformation induced by sinkhole activity in shallow marine environments: A fossil example in the Apulian Foreland (Southern Italy)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 235, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 331-342

  Moretti, M ^a   Owen, G ^b   Tropeano, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apulian Foreland; Karstic activity; Plio Pleistocene; Sinkhole; Soft sediment deformation

Indexed keywords

APULIAN FORELAND; KARSTIC ACTIVITY; PLIO-PLEISTOCENE; SINKHOLE; SOFT-SEDIMENT DEFORMATION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; FRACTURE; LIMESTONE; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

DEFORMATION;

COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; LIMESTONE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SHALLOW WATER; SINKHOLE;

ITALY;

EID: 79952456029     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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