Reconstructing paleoseismic deformation, 1: Modern analogues from the 1960 and 2010 Chilean great earthquakes

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 11-21

  Garrett, E ^a   Shennan, I ^a,b   Watcham, E P ^a   Woodroffe, S A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1960 Valdivia earthquake; 2010 Maule earthquake; Diatoms; Earthquake reconstruction; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

1960 VALDIVIA EARTHQUAKES; ASSESSMENT CRITERIA; COSEISMIC DEFORMATION; DIATOM ASSEMBLAGE; DIATOMS; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TRANSFER FUNCTION MODEL;

DEFORMATION; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TSUNAMIS;

EARTHQUAKES;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHILE EARTHQUAKE 2010; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GEOACCUMULATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLATE BOUNDARY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TSUNAMI;

EID: 84879549498     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.04.007     Document Type: Article

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