Soft-sediment deformation structures interpreted as seismites in lacustrine sediments of the Prebetic Zone, SE Spain, and their potential use as indicators of …

MA Rodrı́guez-Pascua, JP Calvo, G De Vicente… - Sedimentary …, 2000 - Elsevier
Lacustrine formations of Late Miocene age in the Prebetic area, SE Spain, show several
types of deformational structures that are interpreted as seismites. They are present in both …

Seismites: an attempt at critical analysis and classification

C Montenat, P Barrier, C Hibsch - Sedimentary Geology, 2007 - Elsevier
The main types of seismites are reviewed following the proposed classification and are
illustrated by our own case studies. The large variety of seismites, depends on the …

Recognition of trigger mechanisms for soft-sediment deformation in the Pleistocene lacustrine deposits of the SantʻArcangelo Basin (Southern Italy): seismic shock vs …

M Moretti, L Sabato - Sedimentary Geology, 2007 - Elsevier
The lacustrine deposits of the San Lorenzo Cycle belong to the infill succession of the
SantʻArcangelo Basin, a Pliocene to Pleistocene satellite basin, developed close to the …

Modelling seismites with a digital shaking table

M Moretti, P Alfaro, O Caselles, JA Canas - Tectonophysics, 1999 - Elsevier
Soft-sediment deformation structures induced by seismically triggered liquefaction and/or
fluidization (seismites) have been reproduced with a digital shaking table. We have used …

Load structures: gravity-driven sediment mobilization in the shallow subsurface

G Owen - Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2003 - lyellcollection.org
Load structures are a type of soft-sediment deformation structure comprising synforms (load
casts and pseudonodules) and antiforms (flame structures and diapirs) at an interface. They …

Hydrothermal activity and its paleoecological implications in the latest Miocene to Middle Pleistocene lacustrine environments of the Baza Basin (Betic Cordillera, SE …

JM García-Aguilar, A Guerra-Merchán… - Quaternary Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
The continental sedimentary record of the Baza Basin (Guadix–Baza Depression, Betic
Cordillera, SE Spain) shows six sedimentary units of lacustrine origin deposited from the …

Overview of the Meso-to Neoproterozoic evolution of the Vindhyan basin, central India

PK Bose, S Sarkar, S Chakrabarty, S Banerjee - Sedimentary Geology, 2001 - Elsevier
Despite its origin in a stable intracratonic basin, the Vindhyan Supergroup, central India,
embodies tectonic-driven depositional cycles of various orders. A marked change in …

[HTML][HTML] Global case studies of soft-sediment deformation structures (SSDS): Definitions, classifications, advances, origins, and problems

G Shanmugam - Journal of Palaeogeography, 2017 - Elsevier
Soft-sediment deformation structures (SSDS) have been the focus of attention for over 150
years. Existing unconstrained definitions allow one to classify a wide range of features under …

Soft‐sediment deformation structures in late Albian to Cenomanian deposits, São Luís Basin, northern Brazil: evidence for palaeoseismicity

DDF Rossetti - Sedimentology, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Soft‐sediment deformation structures from the Alcântara Formation (late Albian to
Cenomanian), São Luís Basin, northern Brazil, consist of (1) contorted structures, which …

1822 earthquake‐triggered homogenite in Lake Le Bourget (NW Alps)

E Chapron, C Beck, M Pourchet, JF Deconinck - Terra Nova, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
High‐resolution textural signatures of an earthquake‐induced historical 'homogenite'layer
are presented, as well as its 3D distribution. This homogeneous deposit is correlated with …