Widespread deformation of basin-plain sediments in aysén fjord (chile) due to impact by earthquake-triggered, onshore-generated mass movements

Marine Geology

Volumn 337, Issue , 2013, Pages 67-79

  Van Daele, Maarten ^a   Versteeg, Willem ^a   Pino, Mario ^b   Urrutia, Roberto ^c   De Batist, Marc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Facultad de Ciencias   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

2007 Ays n earthquake; Landslide; Liqui e Ofqui Fault Zone; Multibeam; Seismic reflection

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION RESULT; FAR-FIELD TSUNAMI; FAULT ZONE; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; MULTIBEAMS; SEISMIC SIGNATURES; SEISMIC-REFLECTION; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS;

DEFORMATION; DEPOSITS; FAULTING; LANDSLIDES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKES;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; DEBRIS AVALANCHE; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; FAULT ZONE; FJORD; HOLOCENE; MASS MOVEMENT; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

AISEN; CHILE; LIQUINE-OFQUI FAULT ZONE; MOUNT HUDSON; PATAGONIA; SOUTHERN VOLCANIC ZONE;

EID: 84877651397     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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