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JOURNAL OF SOUTH AMERICAN EARTH SCIENCES
Volume 90, Issue -, Pages 325-337Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2018.12.016
Keywords
Seismites; Gravel; Cerro barcino formation; Cretaceous; Patagonia
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- ANPCyT [PICT 2013-1129]
- CONICET [PIP2014-2016 11220130100005]
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales of Universidad Nacional de La Pampa [01G]
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Cretaceous sedimentary rocks corresponding to the Las Plumas Member of the Cerro Barcino Formation were deposited in the eastern margin of the Somuncura - Canadon Asfalto Basin. The analyzed succession records alluvial settings in a fault-proximal scenario and contains a 7 m thick stratigraphic interval bearing soft-sediment deformation structures which include: pebble load casts, pseudonodules, flame structures and contorted bedding. Deformed beds are bounded by undisturbed strata and these features can be traced along the 800 m of exposures. The sedimentological features such as size and shape of SSDS, clast fabric of gravels and depositional paleoenvironment added to the proximity to a fault zone support the interpretation of the described deformation features as formed by liquefaction and/or fluidization triggered by seismic shocks during syn-tectonic deposition.
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