| DOI | 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1969.tb01125.x |
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| Year | 1969 |
| Journal | Sedimentology |
| Volume | 13 |
| Pages | 155–159 |
| Type | article in journal |
| Language | English |
| Id | 27988 |
Abstract
Fault grading is expressed by a regular structural sequence of (from top) liquified zone, rubble zone and step-faulted zone, with gradational contacts between these zones and the bottom, but with a sharp boundary at the top. It is interpreted as an effect of strong earthquakes on gradationally compacted muds in quiet water basins. Fault-graded beds are geopetal and paleoslope criteria. If interpreted as seismites they may also be used as paleo-seismograms
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