Sedimentological evidence of Pleistocene earthquakes in NW Poland induced by glacio-isostatic rebound

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 300, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-10

  Van Loon, A J Tom ^a   Pisarska Jamrozy, Małgorzata ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Glacio isostatic rebound; Neotectonics; Pleistocene; Poland; Seismites; Soft sediment deformation structures

Indexed keywords

GLACIO-ISOSTATIC REBOUND; NEOTECTONICS; PLEISTOCENE; POLAND; SEISMITES; SOFT-SEDIMENT DEFORMATION STRUCTURES;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; FLUIDIZATION;

SEDIMENTS;

DEFORMATION; GLACIOISOSTASY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; NEOTECTONICS; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEISMITE;

POLAND;

EID: 84890424139     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

References (69)

1. Alfaro P., Moretti M., Soria J.M. Soft-sediment deformation structures induced by earthquakes (seismites) in Pliocene lacustrine deposits (Guadix-Baza Basin, central Betic Cordillera). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 1997, 90:531-540.
2. Alfaro P., Gibert L., Moretti M., García-Tortosa F.J., Sanz de Galdeano C., Jesús Galindo- Zaldívar J., López-Garrido A.C. The significance of giant seismites in the Plio- Pleistocene Baza palaeo-lake (S Spain). Terra Nova 2010, 22:172-179.
3. Allen J.R.L. Sedimentary Structures: Their Character and Physical Basis. Developments in Sedimentology 30B 1982, vol. 2. Elsevier, Amsterdam, (633 pp.).
4. Allen J.R.L. Load Structures. Encyclopedia of sediments and sedimentary rocks 2003, 413-414. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. G.V. Middleton (Ed.).
5. Ambraseys N. Engineering seismology. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics 1988, 17:1-105.
6. Baraniecka M.D. Quaternary dislocation zones along main tectonic borders of Polish Lowlands. Quaternary Studies in Poland 1979, 1:1-13.
7. Brandes C., Winsemann J. Soft-sediment deformation structures in NW Germany caused by Late Pleistocene seismicity. International Journal of Earth Sciences 2013, 102:2255-2274.
8. Brandes Ch., Winsemann J., Roskosch J., Meinsen J., Tanner D.C., Frechen M., Steffen H., Wu P. Activity along the Osning Thrust in Central Europe during the Lateglacial: ice-sheet and lithosphere interactions. Quaternary Science Reviews 2012, 38:49-62.
9. Campbell C.S. Liquefaction and Fluidization. Encyclopedia of sediments and sedimentary rocks 2003, 412-413. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. G.V. Middleton (Ed.).
10. Dadlez R. Tektonika Kompleksu Cechsztyńsko-Mezozoicznego [Tectonic of the zechstein-mesozoic complex]. Prace Instytutu Geologicznego 1979, 96:108-121. M. Jaskowiak-Schoeneich (Ed.).
11. Davenport C.A., Ringrose P.S. Deformation of Scottish Quaternary Sediment Sequences by Strong Earthquake Motion. Geological Society Special Publications 1987, 29:299-314. (London). M.E. Jones, R.M.F. Preston (Eds.).
12. Galli P. New empirical relationships between magnitude and distance for liquefaction. Tectonophysics 2000, 324:169-187.
13. Gruszka B., Van Loon A.J. Pleistocene glaciolacustrine breccias of seismic origin in an active graben (central Poland). Sedimentary Geology 2007, 193:93-104.
14. Guiraud M., Plaziat J.-C. Seismites in the fluviatile Bima sandstones: identification of paleoseisms and discussion of their magnitudes in a Cretaceous synsedimentary strike-slip basin (Upper Benue, Nigeria). Tectonophysics 1993, 225:493-522.
15. Hampel A., Hetzel R., Maniatis G., Karow T. Three-dimensional numerical modeling of slip rate variations on normal and thrust fault arrays during ice cap growth and melting. Journal of Geophysical Research 2009, 114:8406-8420. 10.1029/2008JB006113.
16. Hanson M.A., Lian O.B., Clague J.J. The sequence and timing of large late Pleistocene floods from glacial Lake Missoula. Quaternary Science Reviews 2012, 31:67-81.
17. Hilbert-Wolf H.L., Simpson E.L., Simpson W.S., Tindall S.E., Wizevich M.C. Insights into syndepositional fault movement in a foreland basin; trends in seismites of Upper Cretaceous Wahweap Formation, Kaiparowits Basin, Utah, U.S.A. Basin Research 2009, 21:856-871.
18. Hoffmann G., Reicherter K. Soft-sediment deformation of Late Pleistocene sediments along the southwestern coast of the Baltic Sea (NE Germany). International Journal of Earth Sciences 2012, 101:351-363.
19. Jones A.P., Omoto K. Towards establishing criteria for identifying trigger mechanisms for soft-sediment deformation: a case study of Late Pleistocene lacustrine sands and clays, Onikobe and Nakayamadaira Basins, northeastern Japan. Sedimentology 2000, 47:1211-1226.
20. Kaufmann G., Wu P., Ivins E.R. Lateral viscosity variations beneath Antarctica and their implications on regional rebound motions and seismotectonics. Journal of Geodynamics 2005, 39:165-181.
21. Kawecka, A., Pawlak, I. 1974. Mapa Geologiczna Polski w skali 1: 200 000. Arkusz Pyrzyce [Explanations to the geological map of Poland, 1: 200 000, sheet Pyrzyce]. Polish Geological Institute, Warszawa.
22. Knight J. Geological evidence for neotectonic activity during deglaciation of the southern Sperrin Mountains, Northern Ireland. Journal of Quaternary Science 1999, 14:45-57.
23. Kurzawa M. Traces of vertical tectonic movements recorded in Pleistocene sediments in NW Poland. Zeitschrift für Geologische Wissenschaften 2001, 29:75-82.
24. Kurzawa M. Zapis ruchów neotektonicznych w osadach Plejstocenu północno-zachodniej Polski [Traces of neotectonic movements recorded in Pleistocene sediments in NW Poland]. Biuletyn Państwowego Instytutu Geologicznego 2002, 407:29-88.
25. Kurzawa M. The sedimentary record and rates of Quaternary vertical tectonic movements in NW Poland. Quaternary International 2003, 101(102):137-148.
26. Lagerbäck R. Dating of Late Quaternary faulting in northern Sweden. Journal of the Geological Society 1992, 149:285-292.
27. Marks L. Timing of the Late Vistulian (Weichselian) glacial phases in Poland. Quaternary Science Reviews 2012, 44:81-88.
28. Morawski W. Neotectonics induced by ice-sheet advances in NE Poland. Geologos 2009, 15:199-217.
29. Morawski W. Differences in the regional stratigraphy of NE Poland caused by vertical movements due to glacioisostasy. Geologos 2009, 15:235-250.
30. Moretti M. Soft-sediment deformation structures interpreted as seismites in middle-late Pleistocene aeolian deposits (Apulian foreland, southern Italy). Sedimentary Geology 2000, 135:167-179.
31. Moretti M., Ronchi A. Liquefaction features interpreted as seismites in the Pleistocene fluvio-lacustrine deposits of the Neuquén Basin (Northern Patagonia). Sedimentary Geology 2011, 235:200-209.
32. Moretti M., Van Loon A.J. Restrictions to the application of 'diagnostic' criteria for recognizing ancient seismites. Journal of Palaeogeography 2013, (in press).
33. Moretti M., Alfaro P., Caselles O., Canas J.A. Modelling seismites with a digital shaking table. Tectonophysics 1999, 304:369-383.
34. Mörner N.A. Glacioisostatic and long term crustal movements in Fennoscandia with respect to lithospheric and atmospheric processes and properties. Tectonophysics 1990, 176:13-24.
35. Mörner N.A. Intense earthquakes and seismotectonics as a function of glacial isostasy. Tectonophysics 1991, 188:407-410.
36. Mörner N.A. Paleoseismicity of Sweden - A Novel Paradigm 2003, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, (320 pp.).
37. Muir-Wood R. Deglaciation seismotectonics: a principal influence on intraplate seismogenesis at high latitudes?. Quaternary Science Reviews 2000, 19:1399-1411.
38. Obermeier S.F. Use of liquefaction-induced features for paleoseismic analysis - an overview of how seismic liquefaction features can be distinguished from other features and how their regional distribution and properties of source sediment can be used to infer the location and strength of Holocene paleo-earthquakes. Engineering Geology 1996, 44:1-76.
39. Obermeier S.F., Jacobson R.B., Smoot J.P., Weems R.E., Gohn G.S., Monroe J.E., Powars D.S. Earthquake-induced liquefaction features in the coastal setting of South Carolina and in the fluvial setting of the New Madrid seismic zone. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1990, 1504:44.
40. Owen G. Deformation Processes in Unconsolidated Sands. Geological Society Special Publications 1987, 29:11-24. M.E. Jones, R.M.F. Preston (Eds.).
41. Owen G. A shaking table for experiments on soft-sediment deformation. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 1992, 62:733-734.
42. Owen G. Soft-sediment deformation in Upper Proterozoic sandstones (Applecross Formation) at Torridon, northwest Scotland. Journal of Sedimentary Research 1995, A65:495-504.
43. Owen G., Moretti M. Identifying triggers for liquefaction-induced soft-sediment deformation in sands. Sedimentary Geology 2011, 235:141-147.
44. Owen G., Moretti M., Alfaro P. Recognising triggers for soft-sediment deformation: current understanding and future directions. Sedimentary Geology 2011, 235:133-140.
45. Papadopoulos G.A., Lefkopoulos G. Magnitude-Distance relation for liquefaction in soil from earthquakes. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 1993, 83:925-938.
46. Piotrowski A. The influence of sub-Quaternary basement on the development of Lower Odra Valley in Pleistocene and Holocene. Kwartalnik Geologiczny 1991, 35:221-234.
47. Piotrowski A. Influence of differential marginal ice-sheet loading on salt migration. Przeglad Geologiczny 1999, 47:1016-1021.
48. Piotrowski A., Brose F., Sydor P., Seidler J., Pisarska-Jamrozy M. Stanowisko 3 - Siekierki. Osady Interglacjału Eemskiego w Siekierkach [Eemian interglacial deposits at Siekierki]. Korelacja osadów plejstocenu na pograniczu polsko-niemieckim w Dolinie Dolnej Odry [Pleistocene sediments correlations in the Lower Odra region] 2012, 161-163. PIG, Warszawa. M. Błaszkiewicz, F. Brose (Eds.).
49. Pisarska-Jamrozy M. Varves and megavarves of the Eberswalde Valley (NE Germany) - a key for the interpretation of glaciolimnic processes. Sedimentary Geology 2013, 291:84-96.
50. Pisarska-Jamrozy M., Weckwerth P. Soft-sediment deformation structures in a Pleistocene glaciolacustrine delta and their implications for the recognition of subenvironments in delta deposits. Sedimentology 2013, 60:637-665.
51. Pisarska-Jamrozy M., Zieliński T. Specific erosional and depositional processes in a Pleistocene subglacial tunnel in the Wielkopolska region, Poland. Geografiska Annaler 2012, 94A:429-443.
52. Reicherter K., Kaiser A., Stackebrandt W. The post-glacial landscape evolution of the North German Basin: morphology, neotectonics and crustal deformation. International Journal of Earth Sciences 2005, 94:1083-1093.
53. Rodríguez Pascua M.A., Calvo J.P., De Vicente G., Gomez Gras D. Seismites in lacustrine sediments of the Prebetic Zone, SE Spain, and their use as indicators of earthquake magnitudes during the late Miocene. Sedimentary Geology 2000, 135:117-135.
54. Rodríguez-Lopez J.P., Merléndez N., Soria A.R., Liesa C.L., Van Loon A.J. Lateral variability of ancient seismites related to differences in sedimentary facies (the syn-rift Escucha Formation, mid-Cretaceous, Spain). Sedimentary Geology 2007, 201:461-484.
55. Rossetti D.F. Soft-sediment deformation structures in late Albian to Cenomanian deposits, San Luìs Basin, northern Brazil: evidence for paleoseismicity. Sedimentology 1999, 46:1065-1081.
56. Shiki T., Tsuji Y., Yamazaki T., Minoura K. Tsunamiites 2008, Elsevier, Amsterdam, (411 pp.).
57. Sims J.D. Earthquake-induced structures in sediments of Van Norman Lake, San Fernando, California. Science 1973, 182:161-163.
58. Sims J.D. Determining earthquake recurrence intervals from deformational structures in young lacustrine sediments. Tectonophysics 1975, 29:141-152.
59. Sirocko F., Szeder T., Seelos C., Lehné R., Rein B., Schneider W.M., Dimke M. Young tectonic and halokinetic movements in the North-German-Basin: its effect on formation of modern rivers and subsurface morphology. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2002, 81:431-441.
60. Stein S., Cloetingh S., Sleep N., Wortel R. Passive Margin Earthquakes, Stresses, and Rheology. Earthquakes at North-Atlantic passive margins: Neotectonics and postglacial rebound 1989, 231-260. Springer, New York. S. Gregerson, P. Basham (Eds.).
61. Stewart I.S., Sauber J., Rose J. Glacio-seismotectonics: ice sheets, crustal deformation and seismicity. Quaternary Science Reviews 2000, 19:1367-1389.
62. Thorson R.M. Earthquake recurrence and glacial loading in western Washington. Geological Society of America Bulletin 1996, 108:1182-1191.
63. Van Loon A.J. Soft-sediment deformation structures in siliciclastic sediments: an overview. Geologos 2009, 15:3-55.
64. Van Loon A.J., Maulik P. Abraded sand volcanoes as a tool for recognizing paleo-earthquakes, with examples from the Cisuralian Talchir Formation near Angul (Orissa, eastern India). Sedimentary Geology 2011, 238:145-155.
65. Van Vliet-Lanoë B., Guomundsson A., Guillou H., Guégan S., Van Loon A.J., De Vleeschouwer F. Glacial Terminations II and I as recorded in NE Iceland. Geologos 2010, 16:201-222.
66. Wheeler R.L. Distinguishing Seismic From Nonseismic Soft-Sediment Structures: Criteria From Seismic-Hazard Analysis. Geological Society of America Special Paper 2002, 359:1-11. F.R. Ettensohn, N. Rast, C.E. Brett (Eds.).
67. Wu P. Will earthquake activity in Eastern Canada increase in the next few thousand years?. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 1998, 35:562-568.
68. Wu P., Johnston P. Can deglaciation trigger earthquakes in N. America?. Geophysical Research Letters 2000, 27:1323-1326.
69. Zieliński T., Pisarska-Jamrozy M. Jakie cechy litologiczne warto kodować, a jakie nie? [Which features of deposits should be included in a code and which not?]. Przeglad Geologiczny 2012, 60:387-397.