Are repetitive slumpings during sapropel S1 related to paleo-earthquakes?

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Polonia A., ROMANO S., Cagatay M. N., CAPOTONDI L., GASPAROTTO G., GASPERINI L., ...More

MARINE GEOLOGY, vol.361, pp.41-52, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Volume: 361
• Publication Date: 2015
• Doi Number: 10.1016/j.margeo.2015.01.001
• Journal Name: MARINE GEOLOGY
• Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
• Page Numbers: pp.41-52
• Istanbul Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The recurrence of mass-flow units within sapropel S1, an organic carbon-rich lower Holocene marker bed in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, was used to study the interplay between earthquakes and sedimentation along the seismically active Calabrian Arc (Ionian Sea).