Identifying triggers for liquefaction-induced soft-sediment deformation in sands

G Owen, M Moretti - Sedimentary Geology, 2011 - Elsevier
Triggers for liquefaction-induced soft-sediment deformation structures in sands include
seismic shaking, effects of water waves, rapid sediment accumulation and groundwater …

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 …

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 …

Recognizing deformation origins: a review of deformation structures and hypothesis on the perspective of sediment consolidation

M Cui, N Peng, Y Liu, Z Wang, C Li, K Xu… - International Geology …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Key information on sedimentary or tectonic events is recorded in deformation structures
formed in unlithified and lithified sediments. Disputes about the classification and …

[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 interpreted as seismites in the Kolankaya formation, Denizli Basin (SW Turkey)

S Topal, M Özkul - The Scientific World Journal, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The NW‐trending Denizli basin of the SW Turkey is one of the neotectonic grabens in the
Aegean extensional province. It is bounded by normal faults on both southern and northern …

Late-Pleistocene seismites from Lake Issyk-Kul, the tien shan range, Kyrghyzstan

D Bowman, A Korjenkov, N Porat - Sedimentary Geology, 2004 - Elsevier
The aim of the study is to record the occurrence of sediment deformation structures in one of
the tectonically most active areas on the globe, the Tien Shan range in Central Asia and to …

Soft-sediment deformation in a tectonically active area: the Plio-Pleistocene Zarzal Formation in the Cauca Valley (Western Colombia)

R Neuwerth, F Suter, CA Guzman, GE Gorin - Sedimentary Geology, 2006 - Elsevier
The Plio-Pleistocene Zarzal Formation corresponds to fluvio-lacustrine sediments deposited
in an intramontane depression within the Colombian Andes, associated with the Cauca …

Sedimentary features and processes in the Nazaré and Setúbal submarine canyons, west Iberian margin

RG Arzola, RB Wynn, G Lastras, DG Masson… - Marine Geology, 2008 - Elsevier
Here we present part of the first complete sidescan sonar dataset of the Nazaré and Setúbal
Canyons, west Iberian margin, which, in combination with multibeam bathymetry, shallow …

Submarine mass‐transport facies: new perspectives on flow processes from cores on the eastern North American margin

EK Tripsanas, DJW Piper, KA Jenner… - …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
No comprehensive scheme yet exists to describe the depositional products of submarine
sediment failures at the scale of piston cores, resulting in misinterpretation of failure deposits …