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Soft-sediment deformation structures in the Earth's oldest seismites
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Mazumder, Rajat Loon, Antonius Johannes Van Arima, Makoto |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Abstract | Abstract The Chaibasa Formation in Eastern India, which was deposited between 2100 and 1600 million years ago, shows deformations that must have formed when the sediments were not yet consolidated. Some of these deformation structures have never been described before. Here they are described, depicted and their origin is analysed. We show that they must be the result of shocks, which can only be explained satisfactorily as triggered by earthquakes. The layers containing these deformation structures are termed “seismites”. They are among the earliest records of earthquakes known in the Earth's history. |
| Starting Page | 19 |
| Ending Page | 26 |
| Page Count | 8 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.12.002 |
| Volume Number | 186 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.mantleplumes.org/WebDocuments/MazumderEtAl_2006.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.12.002 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
